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Barr defended the Trump administration on a variety of issues, including its\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/23\/us-immigration-policies-foreshadowed-violence-against-protesters\u0022\u003Eviolent response\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0to protests following the police killing of George Floyd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAt one point, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee asked Barr whether he \u201cseeks to end\u201d systemic racism in policing. Eventually the nation\u2019s top law enforcement officer clarified his position: \u201cI don\u0027t agree that there\u0027s systemic racism in police departments generally, in this country.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EAG Barr: \u2018I don\u0027t agree that there\u0027s systemic racism in police departments\u2019 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/o0dqKXWFmB\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/o0dqKXWFmB\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1288152710416609283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 28, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany pointed out that Barr\u2019s denial of the existence of systemic racism flies in the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/02\/us-address-structural-racism-underlying-protests\u0022\u003Eface of information\u00a0\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0from nongovernmental groups, the Justice Department\u2019s\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/8\/10\/12418428\/baltimore-police-investigation-justice-department-report\u0022\u003Eown data\u003C\/a\u003E, and the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/05\/podcasts\/the-daily\/george-floyd-protests.html#:~:text=This%20is%20%E2%80%9CThe%20Daily.%E2%80%9D,brought%20them%20into%20the%20streets.\u0022\u003Elived experiences\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0of Black people in the US.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\u0022I don\u0027t agree that there\u0027s systemic racism in police departments,\u0022 US AG Barr said at today\u0027s Congressional hearing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhere do I begin? How about a DOJ study showing Black people experience force by police 2.5 times more frequently than white people. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/Vh8bmGcDMJ\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Vh8bmGcDMJ\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/fY8qp390Hf\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/fY8qp390Hf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Laura Pitter (@Laurapitter) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/Laurapitter\/status\/1288192273457577985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJuly 28, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt wasn\u2019t the first time Barr has denied the systemic racism that people across the country have been protesting since May, in what might be the\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/content\/375769\u0022\u003Elargest social movement\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0in US history. In a June 7\u00a0\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bill-barr-george-floyd-protests-blm-face-the-nation-transcript\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7b\u0026amp;linkId=90312334\u0022\u003Einterview\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0on CBS\u2019\u00a0\u003Cem\u003EFace the Nation\u003C\/em\u003E, he said, \u201cI think there\u0027s racism in the United States still but I don\u0027t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/30\/us-attorney-general-denies-systemic-racism-policing\u0022\u003ERead the full story here \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"prepend","selector":".js-view-dom-id-blog_live_feed__blog_body_block__375982__en","data":"","settings":null}]