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03-09-2017, 05:25 PM
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Reforming Obama’s Lax Policies on Crime, Drug Trafficking
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has begun a comprehensive reform of former President Barack Obama’s lax policies towards rising crime and is directing federal prosecutors to use every legal tool they have to remove criminals from communities.
“Unfortunately, the most recent crime data available shows a 10.8 percent in murders in this country, while federal prosecutions for violent crimes have been declining,” Sessions wrote in a memo to all federal prosecutors Wednesday. He continued:
It is the policy of the Department of Justice to reduce crime in America, and addressing violent crime must be a special priority. With crime rates rising, this is not an easy task as all professionals know. But, we do have strong evidence that aggressive prosecutions of federal laws can be effective in combatting crime. Our Department’s experience over decades shows these prosecutions can help save lives.
Sessions reference to rising murder is drawn from the FBI’s 2015 crime report. The report revealed a 10.8 percent increase in murders from 2014 to 2015—the largest increase in a single year since 1971—and a 3.9 percent increase in violent crime overall. Major cities were hit with a staggering 21.6 percent increase in murders, another FBI report found. Under Obama, a sudden reversal of a decades-long decline in violent crime took place in 2015 after be pushed his “stigmatize-and-federalize” campaign against state and local police following the August 2014 riots in Ferguson, Missouri.
Sessions has now directed the 94 federal U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work with state and local law enforcement to “specifically identify the criminals responsible for significant violent crime in their districts,” and ensure they are prosecuted.
Sessions specifically cited drug trafficking as a major contributor to violent crime, urging prosecutors to take down dealers and their enterprises. “[M]any violent crimes are driven by drug trafficking and drug trafficking organizations. For this reason, disrupting and dismantling those drug organizations through prosecutions under the Controlled Substances Act can drive violent crime down,” he said.
Rest here - http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/09/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-declares-war-on-rising-violent-crime-drug-trafficking/
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has begun a comprehensive reform of former President Barack Obama’s lax policies towards rising crime and is directing federal prosecutors to use every legal tool they have to remove criminals from communities.
“Unfortunately, the most recent crime data available shows a 10.8 percent in murders in this country, while federal prosecutions for violent crimes have been declining,” Sessions wrote in a memo to all federal prosecutors Wednesday. He continued:
It is the policy of the Department of Justice to reduce crime in America, and addressing violent crime must be a special priority. With crime rates rising, this is not an easy task as all professionals know. But, we do have strong evidence that aggressive prosecutions of federal laws can be effective in combatting crime. Our Department’s experience over decades shows these prosecutions can help save lives.
Sessions reference to rising murder is drawn from the FBI’s 2015 crime report. The report revealed a 10.8 percent increase in murders from 2014 to 2015—the largest increase in a single year since 1971—and a 3.9 percent increase in violent crime overall. Major cities were hit with a staggering 21.6 percent increase in murders, another FBI report found. Under Obama, a sudden reversal of a decades-long decline in violent crime took place in 2015 after be pushed his “stigmatize-and-federalize” campaign against state and local police following the August 2014 riots in Ferguson, Missouri.
Sessions has now directed the 94 federal U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work with state and local law enforcement to “specifically identify the criminals responsible for significant violent crime in their districts,” and ensure they are prosecuted.
Sessions specifically cited drug trafficking as a major contributor to violent crime, urging prosecutors to take down dealers and their enterprises. “[M]any violent crimes are driven by drug trafficking and drug trafficking organizations. For this reason, disrupting and dismantling those drug organizations through prosecutions under the Controlled Substances Act can drive violent crime down,” he said.
Rest here - http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/09/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-declares-war-on-rising-violent-crime-drug-trafficking/