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Trump’s Attorney General<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The recent protests outside Trump campaign rallies are just dress rehearsals for what is in store if Donald Trump becomes president.<\/span><\/p>\n

Am I fear mongering?\u00a0I don’t think so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Consider this: The president of the United States appoints the U.S. Attorney General who takes office after confirmation by the U.S. Senate. The Attorney General serves at the pleasure of the president and is a member of the president’s cabinet.<\/span><\/p>\n

If Trump is elected president, who would he appoint as Attorney General?<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump has a skewed view of justice and his ignorance of the constitution is breathtaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump is \u00a0repeatedly accusing U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing a lawsuit involving Trump University, of bias because of his Mexican heritage. This has resulted in scathing criticism. \u00a0Sunday, Trump said he would have some concerns about the impartiality of a Muslim judge.<\/span><\/p>\n

If one follows Trump’s twisted view of reality, an American judge of Italian heritage shouldn’t preside in trials involving the Mafia.<\/span><\/p>\n

By simply gauging this warped thought process, it’s safe to assume that a bigot would probably appoint an extreme right wing attorney general to appease many of his supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"TrumpProbably, someone who will not vigorously prosecute cases involving police brutality or fatal shootings of unarmed suspects. \u00a0Someone who will not make strong legal arguments on behalf of the federal government when landmark cases go before the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under a Trump attorney general, prosecution of these cases will more than likely be few and far between. This will send the wrong message to law enforcement agencies throughout the nation that police officers will no longer be prosecuted for if they brutality beat suspects or fatal shoot unarmed people who pose no threat to them<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the steady stream of videos captured on cell phone camera showing police beatings and fatal shootings will continue. \u00a0Little, if anything, will be done, and there will be demonstrations in cities like there were in Ferguson, Baltimore and Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n

The protests will spread throughout the nation and will become more violent and lives will be lost, which could lead to the rise of domestic terrorism spawned out of frustration, anger and desperation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The progress made by holding brutal and trigger-happy cops accountable will be compromised.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Ferguson, Missouri, there has been substantial progress. \u00a0In 2014, several officials stepped down, including the city manager, court clerk, police chief, municipal judge and police officers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The city has a new police chief, a new city manager and a new municipal judge \u2014 all blacks who replaced white leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n

All Ferguson officers wear body cameras. The city council has new members, too, several of whom are black. And the business district that was at the center of last year\u2019s sometimes-violent protests is slowly rebuilding.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice under the Obama appointed Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch have prosecuted police officers involved in police brutality and fatal shootings of unarmed suspects and gone after law enforcement agencies that, for years, have allowed thugs with guns and badges to run rampant and without impunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, the Department of Justice was investigating 21 law enforcement agencies\u00a0(see the complete list here<\/a>) that the feds have investigated since 2009 for chronic abuses\u00a0like racial bias and excessive force, according to a 2015 news report.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Still, there is much more work to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom line: \u00a0Minorities aren’t going to meekly board the trains or sit in the back seats of buses. \u00a0Those days are over, and are fading on America’s rearview mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Judge’s Remarks in Sentencing a Cop Were Powerful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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