“I have the lived experience of a Black man in America, also raising Black kids, but I also have the lived experience of being a responsible person who is responsible for the resourcing and the outfitting of a law enforcement agency.” MenPersonsKidsAmericaLawBlackResponsibleAgencyLaw EnforcementEnforcementResponsible Person Author:Andrew Gillum
“[Donald Trump] will appoint an attorney general, who will send very clear messages about how law enforcement is to be pursued in this country.” CountryLawClearTrumpMessagesLaw EnforcementEnforcementPursuedAttorney Author:Chris Christie
“This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property... Some of these provisions place more power in the hands of law enforcement than our Founding Fathers could have dreamt and severely compromises the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans. This bill, while crafted with good intentions, is rife with constitutional infringements I could not support.” FirstsHandsLawFatherLibertySupportSpeechBillsPropertyIntentionTerrorismProtectionCompromiseAmendmentsFourthFree SpeechLaw EnforcementEnforcementFoundingViolationProvisionFirst AmendmentAbidingGood IntentionsPrivate PropertyCivil LibertiesOur Founding FathersInfringementFourth AmendmentAnti Terrorism Author:Butch Otter
“The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA.” HandsLawPoliticalCultureTruth IsUsaTiedLaw EnforcementEnforcementPolitical CorrectnessCorrectness Author:Mike Pence
“They [American Muslim community] need to have close working cooperation with law enforcement in these communities, not be alienated and pushed away as some of Donald's [Trump] rhetoric, unfortunately, has led to.” NeedsLawCommunityTrumpCooperationRhetoricLaw EnforcementEnforcementMuslim CommunityPushed Away Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump and I are going to make sure that law enforcement have the resources and the tools to be able to really restore law and order to the cities and communities in America.” AbleAmericaLawOrderCommunityCitiesTrumpResourcesToolsLaw EnforcementEnforcementLaw And Order Author:Mike Pence
“People shouldn't be afraid to bring up issues of bias in law enforcement.” PeopleLawIssuesBiasLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-laws Author:Tim Kaine
“We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect an institutional bias in criminal justice, but what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement.” MenJobsLawJusticeWorstTrumpMen And WomenAssumingErrorsCriminalsBiasLaw EnforcementEnforcementRecognizingIn-lawsCriminal JusticeCorrectingBetter JobsReflexes Author:Mike Pence
“Law enforcement in America is a force for good.” AmericaLawForceLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Mike Pence
“Law enforcement has always had informants and people they've had to deal with, who walk a certain line. They're choosing between the lesser of two evils. They're befriend one person to gain access to another person, who's a bigger fish.” PeoplePersonsTwoLawCertainEvilLinesWalksDealsGainsBiggerFishesAccessLaw EnforcementEnforcementTwo EvilsLesser Of Two EvilsInformants Author:Mike Colter
“I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.” FirstsBelieveLawRightsLocalsAmendmentsLaw EnforcementEnforcementExclusiveFirst AmendmentFirst Amendment Rights Author:Steve Clevenger
“Donald Trump said that every undocumented person would be subject to deportation. Now, here's what that means. It means you would have to have a massive law enforcement presence, where law enforcement officers would be going school to school, home to home, business to business, rounding up people who are undocumented. And we would then have to put them on trains, on buses to get them out of America.” PeopleMeanPersonsSaidHomeWould BeSchoolAmericaLawSubjectsTrumpTrainMassiveBusOfficersLaw EnforcementEnforcementDeportation Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't think young black men, or anybody, should get a criminal record for low-level use. You know, I don't think that we should spend our law enforcement time jailing or imprisoning marijuana users. But to solve that problem, you don't need to go to the other extreme of creating Big Tobacco 2.0.” ThinkingKnowsMenNeedsShouldUseProblemBigsLawYoungBlackLevelsRecordsCreatingLowsExtremesSolveCriminalsMarijuanaUsersLaw EnforcementEnforcementTobaccoLow Level Author:Kevin Sabet
“We need to put pressure on Trump, to speak out very forcefully that he's the president of all Americans including Muslims, and that his administration, including his law enforcement, is going to take very, very seriously any crimes against any Americas based on their race or their faith, including Muslims. He needs to send that signal very, very soon and very, very clearly. Otherwise, he's going to be seen as culpable. And his silence may be interpreted as encouragement, rightly or wrongly.” NeedsMayLawSpeakPresidentRaceSilenceCrimeTrumpEncouragementPressureIncludingAdministrationLaw EnforcementEnforcementSignalsSpeaks Out Author:Van Jones
“I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about, because he was trying to build a broad - an unprecedented black coalition across the lines of black nationalism and integration. And in way, it presages 30 years ahead of time, the Million Man March.” IfsMenWayTryingYearsBelieveBookLawI BelieveUnderstandingBlackLinesMillionsMissingNew YorkGainsPoliceDepartmentNationalismMarchBroadsChaptersAutobiographyIntegrationLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsUnprecedentedCoalitionsAhead Of TimePolice DepartmentBlack NationalismMalcolm X Autobiography Author:Manning Marable
“This is a God-given right of any man.Anytime you have a man who is getting lynched, and what are his people supposed to do? Sit around and forgive the lyncher or wait on the United States government to go in and get the lyncher, like the United States government did in the case of, of Charles Mack Parker, and the FBI found who were the guilty lynchers, and right to this day, the FBI, the highest law enforcement body in the land, has yet to bring the lynchers of Mack Parker to justice?” PeopleMenStatesBodyGovernmentLawFoundGivenWaitingJusticeUnitedCasesUnited StatesLandHighestForgivingGuiltyThis DayLaw EnforcementEnforcementFbiState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentMack Author:Malcolm X
“In Europe, where the terrorist threat is probably greatest at the moment, the amount of information-sharing that's been taking place, the effectiveness of law enforcement across borders gives us the ability to protect ourselves while still being true to the basic precepts of our liberal democracies. I hope that that continues, and it is something that I think we should be worried about.” ThinkingGivingShouldStillsMomentsLawAbilityDemocracyInformationAmountProtectEuropeThreatTerroristBeing TrueWorriedBordersLaw EnforcementEnforcementEffectivenessLiberal DemocracyInformation Sharing Author:Barack Obama
“Governments cannot require individuals, they cannot require the public as a body, and they cannot require corporations to make investigation and law enforcement easy for them in a liberal society.” BodyGovernmentLawIndividualEasyCorporationsInvestigationLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Edward Snowden
“I think one of the biggest scams in law enforcement is the monitor.” ThinkingLawLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-lawsScams Author:Raymond Kelly
“Being a public defender makes you incredibly paranoid - and I would say with reason - about law enforcement.” ReasonLawLaw EnforcementEnforcementParanoidDefenders Author:Ayelet Waldman
“The new iPhone has encryption that protects the contents of the phone. This means if someone steals your phone - if a hacker or something images your phone - they can't read what's on the phone itself, they can't look at your pictures, they can't see the text messages you send, and so forth. But it does not stop law enforcement from tracking your movements via geolocation on the phone if they think you are involved in a kidnapping case, for example.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanDoeLawCasesExampleMovementInvolvedProtectMessagesPhonesStealingLaw EnforcementEnforcementIphoneHackersKidnappingTrackingEncryptionText Message Author:Edward Snowden
“Islam is the religion of peace. And Islam, genuine, real Muslims are as opposed to Al-Qaeda and ISIS as we are. That is what has been dictated to our law enforcement agents by their superiors. If those were your instructions, and you have a terror attack and you're out there reporting to the media, trying to answer questions, you'd sound like a babbling buffoon, too, because you'd have to come up with ways to violate the very common sense you know is true.” IfsKnowsWayTryingHas BeensRealLawSoundAnswersCommonMediaIslamCome UpTerrorGenuineSuperiorsCommon SenseAgentsAlsInstructionLaw EnforcementEnforcementIsisAl QaedaBabblingBuffoonsTerror Attacks Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If the cops come upon a mass murder attack that is clearly instigated by Islamic doctrine, they are not permitted to conclude that it is terrorism because they have been directed by their superiors in law enforcement to maintain that Islam is against terrorism.” IfsHas BeensLawMassMurderIslamTerrorismDoctrineSuperiorsIslamicCopLaw EnforcementEnforcementIn-laws Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The law enforcement agents believe they cannot call terrorism "terrorism" unless and until they uncover evidence proving that the Muslim mass murderers have some tie to a designated non-Islamic terror group like ISIS or Al-Qaeda, and bingo, bingo. What do we get today? "There's an ISIS connection," and once again none of this has anything to do with Islam. That's how it works at the highest levels of our government.” BelieveGovernmentTodayLawLevelsGroupsProveHighestMassEvidenceConnectionsIslamTerrorTerrorismAgentsTiesIslamicAlsLaw EnforcementEnforcementMurdererIsisAl QaedaBingo Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much greater. What do we worry about? We worry about our schools. We worry about our public recreational facilities. We worry about our law enforcement and our public housing. All of the things that bear upon our standard of living are in the public sector.” SchoolLawWorryGreaterBearsStandardsLifetimeContrastLaw EnforcementEnforcementHousingFacilityStandards Of LivingAffluencePublic SectorSqualorPublic Housing Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“The law enforcement authorities have got a fairly good idea of who are these principal criminals. Who are the people, for instance, who receive the cell phones? When a young person goes and snatches a cell phone, there's someone who is sitting somewhere who receives this. Lots of this kind of crime.” PeopleKindPersonsIdeasLawYoungCrimeAuthoritySittingPhonesCriminalsInstanceCellsGood IdeasPrincipalLaw EnforcementEnforcementCell Phone Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The people who steal cars, there's somebody there who is the master, who orders the cars, or just takes a car when it is brought? I am saying the law enforcement authorities have a pretty good idea about a lot of these kind of persons. We want it to pool all that knowledge and all those resources, so that they focus on these people.” PeopleWantKindPersonsIdeasLawOrderFocusCarMastersAuthorityResourcesStealingPoolGood IdeasLaw EnforcementEnforcement Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Methamphetamine is a hideous drug. Meth makes a person become paranoid, violent, and aggressive - making them a serious threat to society and law enforcement. And maybe more importantly, meth users are a threat to their own children and families.” ChildrenPersonsLawSeriousDrugThreatViolentAggressiveUsersLaw EnforcementEnforcementHideousParanoidMethamphetamine Author:Dirk Kempthorne
“Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.” KindLawCommunityCrimeDeservePoliceCriminalsLawyerLaw EnforcementEnforcementCriminal LawCrime And CriminalsCriminals Crime Book:The Pursuit of Justice Source: The Pursuit of Justice
“There are people have grown up with implicit trust. Law enforcement, you name it. It's all gone. There's doubt about everything now. And this is not accidental.” PeopleLawNamesGoneDoubtLaw EnforcementEnforcementImplicit Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you look at the way Donald Trump has treated law enforcement, if you look at the way he's treated the military, this is a man who fully understands the burden of leadership and the responsibility he has as the commander in chief.” IfsMenWayLooksLawResponsibilityMilitaryTrumpBurdenTreatedChiefsLaw EnforcementEnforcementCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Sebastian Gorka
“Many people don't realize that financial incentives have been built into the drug war that guarantee that law enforcement will continue to arrest extraordinary numbers of people, particularly in poor communities of color, for minor drug offenses that get ignored on the other side of town.” PeopleHas BeensWarLawSidesRealizingCommunityPoorNumbersColorDrugBuiltTownsExtraordinaryFinancialGuaranteesMinorsOffenseIgnoredLaw EnforcementEnforcementIncentivesWar On DrugsGuarantees That Author:Michelle Alexander
“In the war on drugs, state and state law enforcement agencies have been rewarded in cash by the federal government - through programs like the Edward Byrne Memorial Grant program - for the sheer numbers of people arrested for drug offenses.” PeopleHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentLawNumbersDrugProgramAgencyGrantsCashSheerOffenseFederal GovernmentLaw EnforcementEnforcementMemorialArrestedWar On Drugs Author:Michelle Alexander
“To make matters worse, federal drug forfeiture laws allow state and local law enforcement agencies to keep, for their own use, up to 80 percent of the cash, cars, and homes seized from suspected drug offenders. You don't even have to be convicted of a drug offense; if you're just suspected of a drug offense, law enforcement has the right to keep the cash they find on you or in your home, or seize your car if drugs are allegedly found in it or "suspected" of being transported in the vehicle.” IfsMatterStatesUseHomeLawFoundCarDrugPercentLocalsAgencyCashVehicleOffenseLaw EnforcementEnforcementOffenders Author:Michelle Alexander
“Yet far from putting any meaningful constraints on law enforcement in this war, the U.S. Supreme Court has given the police license to stop and search just about anyone, in any public place, without a shred of evidence of criminal activity, and it has also closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias at every stage of the judicial process from stops and searches to plea bargaining and sentencing.” WarLawGivenProcessDoorsStageActivityEvidenceClaimsPoliceCourtCriminalsMeaningfulSupremeBiasSupreme CourtLaw EnforcementEnforcementLicenseConstraintsJudicialBargainingCourthousesRacial Bias Author:Michelle Alexander
“There's no gray area in law enforcement. Evil exists in the world and it must be dealt with. And those on the side of good can feel righteous in their approach to eliminating evil. There's no ambiguity there.” WorldFeelsLawEvilSidesApproachAreasGrayRighteousLaw EnforcementEnforcementAmbiguityIn-lawsEliminatingGray Area Author:Benjamin Bratt
“One was a horrible case called Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe which denied tribes the right to criminally prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes on their reservations. That decision has had horrible consequences for law enforcement on Indian reservations. But in that opinion Justice William Rehnquist cites language from the 1830s to explain why whites didn't trust tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction. They were savages.” LanguageJusticeDecisionOpinionCrimeExerciseConsequenceHorribleCommitLaw EnforcementCiting Author:Robert A. Williams, Jr.
“Americans across our country are feeling a sense of helplessness, of uncertainty and of fear. These feelings are understandable and they are justified. But the answer must not be violence. The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer - our answer, all our answer - must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action. We must continue working to build trust between communities and law enforcement. We must continue working to guarantee every person in this country equal justice under the law.” CountryFeelingsActionCommunityJusticeViolenceEqualCalmDeterminedPeacefulUncertaintyLaw EnforcementJustifiedHelplessness Author:Loretta Lynch
“We kind of reduce our responsibility to not saying the N-word and to condemning the Klansmen, rather than saying many of our celebrated institutions are systemically racist. Many of our institutions that deal with law enforcement or controlling the bodies of Black people are systemically racist. Many of our educational institutions are systemically racist. Many of our corporate institutions are systemically racist. We don't have those conversations, so things don't change.” PeopleKindBlackResponsibilityEducationalRacistBlack PeopleLaw Enforcement Author:Nate Parker
“It's generally not wise to pick a fight with law enforcement in politics, especially when you're in the middle of a pretty significant scandal already.” FightingWiseSignificantLaw Enforcement Author:Stephen Farnsworth
“The president has a duty and a right to oversee the FBI, and you know, he properly delegate the law enforcement to the FBI and try to insulate it from politics. But that's not to curb the president's authority over the FBI. So if he wants to meet with the FBI and give his opinion or even talk about his hopes, if indeed, he said that, he has every right to do so.” GivingTryingPresidentOpinionDutyAuthorityLaw EnforcementFbiCurb Author:Laura Ingraham
“Isn't it a little strange the FBI director has a private conversation with the president. Instead of saying to the president, Mr. President, you're new to this job. You're not a legal law enforcement guy. What you're saying is inappropriate to me.” GuyPresidentStrangeLaw EnforcementFbiInappropriate Author:Christopher Ruddy
“Lots of people commit crimes and don't get arrested. That's not the measure. But if you're going to be the president of the United States, we're reasonably going to put you under a microscope. And Donald Trump's tax behavior is absolutely important to understanding, is he qualified, is he morally fit, is he capable, is he trustworthy to have everything from the powers of federal law enforcement to the nuclear codes?” PeopleImportantUnderstandingPresidentCrimeFitTaxesBehaviorCapableCommitCodeLaw EnforcementTrustworthy Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would like to think that the level of aggressiveness in law enforcement will remain the same, when you're talking about things like keeping the markets fair and government honest. I don't foresee any departure from that, unless I'm missing something big.” ThinkingHonestMissingLaw EnforcementAggressiveness Author:Preet Bharara
“That's an incredibly serious thing if people think that the president of the United States can tell heads of law enforcement agencies, based on his own whim or his own personal preferences or friendships, that they should or should not pursue particular criminal cases against individuals. That's not how America works.” PeopleThinkingIndividualPresidentSeriousLaw Enforcement Author:Preet Bharara
“Obstruction, basically, is whether you corruptly influence, obstruct or impede the administration of justice. You tell a chief law enforcement officer get, you know, back off my friend - or I hope you back off my friend and then when he doesn't, you fire him, clearly, that isn't - that is - fits the behavior of obstruction. The question of whether or not you can prosecute the president is open.” PresidentJusticeInfluenceFitBehaviorLaw Enforcement Author:Keith Ellison
“The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.” UniqueLaw EnforcementFbi Author:James R. Clapper
“Senator Cruz has also strongly condemned the terrorist attacks in Brussels, and yesterday put out this statement saying, quote, "that we need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized".” TerroristEmpoweringNeighborhoodLaw Enforcement Author:Sean Hannity
“I want to say that Russia is developing along a democratic path, this is without question so. No one should have any doubts about that. The fact that, amidst political rivalry and some other domestic developments, we see things happen here that are typical of other countries, I do not see anything unusual in it. We have rallies, opposition rallies. And people here have the right to express their point of view. However, if people, while expressing their views, break the current legislation, the effective law in place, then of course, the law enforcement agencies try to restore order.” PeopleTryingCountryPoliticalBreakPathDoubtDemocraticPoint Of ViewThings HappenUnusualLaw EnforcementRivalry Author:Vladimir Putin
“Russian police force, fortunately, so far, do not use batons, tear gas or any other extreme measures of instilling order, something that we often see in other countries, including in the United States. Speaking of opposition, let us recall the movement Occupy Wall Street. Where is it now? The law enforcement agencies and special services in the US have taken it apart, into little pieces, and have dissolved it.” CountryTakenSpecialTearsWallPoliceGasLaw Enforcement Author:Vladimir Putin