President Art Acevedo said law enforcement leaders nationwide would be reviewing the attack and looking for ways to root out extremism. “To be clear, officers who subscribe to violent extremism, racism and hate have no place in our profession,” Acevedo wrote to Congress. George Gascón has said “extremist groups must be uprooted from law enforcement immediately.” President Biden’s administration has promised to expand the Justice Department’s power to investigate systemic police misconduct through the consent decree process. “Everyone’s.”The new reckoning in some ways mirrors what Democratic lawmakers, academics and left-leaning activists have called on law enforcement to commit to for years — making it both welcome and overdue, some of those critics said. AdvertisementMoore said police departments deserve credit for diversifying their ranks for years, including by hiring more women and LGBTQ officers.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 17, 2021 12:56 UTC