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Massachusetts Police Chiefs Criticize Elizabeth Warren For Her Comment That "Our Criminal Justice System" Is "Racist" From "Front To Back"
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Aug 12, 2018, 10:37:12 PM8/12/18
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On Thursday, during a town hall at Fitchburg State University in
Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was asked about her
recent comments that "our criminal justice system" is "racist."
The following is her exchange with a man named Wesley:
WESLEY: As a young American of color, your recent comments
that you made in New Orleans are just a little bit concerning
to me. You said that the justice system, and I just wanna
quote you so I say it right, "is racist from front to back."
I'm just concerned that your rhetoric there is inciting some
of the division that you claim that the president is
purporting. You say that Donald Trump undermines the justice
system, but it highly concerns me that you made a blanket
statement that the over 400 federal judges of color, thousands
of law enforcement officers of color, and even the new black
police commissioner of Boston of color are racist.
Do you feel it is beneficial as a federal representative to
blanketly claim the entire justice system – and I mean, like,
blanketly – and the hard working Americans that serve in that
capacity are racist?
WARREN: I appreciate your asking the question. Did you listen
to the interview? Did you actually see the interview?
WESLEY: I did, yes.
WARREN: Well if you did, then you know that this wasn't about
individuals. I didn't call any individual anything. What I was
talking about is a system that has a lot of good people in it,
a lot of people – law enforcement officers, judges, public
defenders – who, by golly, have dedicated their lives to
getting out there to try to build a justice system that works,
and who themselves have come forward and said this system needs
reform. It needs significant reform.
Warren went on to give several examples of the ways in which she claims
the data show that African-Americans are treated differently than
whites under the law.
https://youtu.be/1V5CFEwhEbc
Warren’s original statement, given at Dillard University in New
Orleans, was as follows: "Let’s just start with the hard truth about
our criminal justice system: It's racist ... front to back."
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1027037309542248448
It wasn’t only Wesley who criticized Warren. On Friday, Yarmouth Police
Chief Frank G. Frederickson published his own rebuttal on Facebook, as
well as an open letter written by Dudley Police Chief and Massachusetts
Chiefs of Police Association President Steven J. Wojnar:
Frederickson’s letter stated in part:
This statement is an insult to the hard working men and women
of the Yarmouth Police Department as well as other Local,
State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies who are part of
the criminal justice system.
While Wojnar’s letter stated in part:
As a police chief in your home state of Massachusetts, as well
as the statewide association representative, I am extremely
troubled by this statement. Labeling the entire criminal
justice profession as "racist" spreads false and damaging
information about our members...
When our elected officials make generalized and inflammatory
statements about our entire profession, without any information
to back their position, it creates further hostility toward our
officers and can damage the positive relationships with our
residents that we have worked long and hard to establish.
From the outside, it appears your statement was strategically
placed to gather support for your position.
In all fairness to Senator Warren, in her response to Wesley, she did
mention "study after study" that allegedly show a differentiation in
incarceration rates between blacks and whites. However, perhaps the
Senator from Massachusetts should be more articulate going forward, not
leaving the door open to quotes that, while perhaps taken out of
context, can be seen as deliberately inflammatory, and as a play to her
base.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
Massachusetts, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was asked about her
recent comments that "our criminal justice system" is "racist."
The following is her exchange with a man named Wesley:
WESLEY: As a young American of color, your recent comments
that you made in New Orleans are just a little bit concerning
to me. You said that the justice system, and I just wanna
quote you so I say it right, "is racist from front to back."
I'm just concerned that your rhetoric there is inciting some
of the division that you claim that the president is
purporting. You say that Donald Trump undermines the justice
system, but it highly concerns me that you made a blanket
statement that the over 400 federal judges of color, thousands
of law enforcement officers of color, and even the new black
police commissioner of Boston of color are racist.
Do you feel it is beneficial as a federal representative to
blanketly claim the entire justice system – and I mean, like,
blanketly – and the hard working Americans that serve in that
capacity are racist?
WARREN: I appreciate your asking the question. Did you listen
to the interview? Did you actually see the interview?
WESLEY: I did, yes.
WARREN: Well if you did, then you know that this wasn't about
individuals. I didn't call any individual anything. What I was
talking about is a system that has a lot of good people in it,
a lot of people – law enforcement officers, judges, public
defenders – who, by golly, have dedicated their lives to
getting out there to try to build a justice system that works,
and who themselves have come forward and said this system needs
reform. It needs significant reform.
Warren went on to give several examples of the ways in which she claims
the data show that African-Americans are treated differently than
whites under the law.
https://youtu.be/1V5CFEwhEbc
Warren’s original statement, given at Dillard University in New
Orleans, was as follows: "Let’s just start with the hard truth about
our criminal justice system: It's racist ... front to back."
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1027037309542248448
It wasn’t only Wesley who criticized Warren. On Friday, Yarmouth Police
Chief Frank G. Frederickson published his own rebuttal on Facebook, as
well as an open letter written by Dudley Police Chief and Massachusetts
Chiefs of Police Association President Steven J. Wojnar:
Frederickson’s letter stated in part:
This statement is an insult to the hard working men and women
of the Yarmouth Police Department as well as other Local,
State and Federal Law Enforcement Agencies who are part of
the criminal justice system.
While Wojnar’s letter stated in part:
As a police chief in your home state of Massachusetts, as well
as the statewide association representative, I am extremely
troubled by this statement. Labeling the entire criminal
justice profession as "racist" spreads false and damaging
information about our members...
When our elected officials make generalized and inflammatory
statements about our entire profession, without any information
to back their position, it creates further hostility toward our
officers and can damage the positive relationships with our
residents that we have worked long and hard to establish.
From the outside, it appears your statement was strategically
placed to gather support for your position.
In all fairness to Senator Warren, in her response to Wesley, she did
mention "study after study" that allegedly show a differentiation in
incarceration rates between blacks and whites. However, perhaps the
Senator from Massachusetts should be more articulate going forward, not
leaving the door open to quotes that, while perhaps taken out of
context, can be seen as deliberately inflammatory, and as a play to her
base.
--
Dems & the media want Trump to be more like Obama, but then he'd
have to audit liberals & wire tap reporters' phones.
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