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June 27, 2016
Federal Deprogramming
The Justice Department announced Monday its agents and attorneys will undergo training aimed at recognizing and reducing "implicit bias" (see below).
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said that research shows most people experience some degree of unconscious bias, so this training will purportedly help to ensure the country's criminal justice system is "fair and impartial."
Got it? The DOJ is going to deprogram this "unconscious bias" we have, so that our criminal justice system will become not more effective, but more warm & fuzzy.
Sort of like what Department of Justice officials did when they pulled back all training materials used for law enforcement and national security communities, in order to eliminate all references to Islam that some Muslim groups claimed were offensive.
Or when Department of Justice officials decided that mosques (aka jihad factories, where homegrown terrorists are radicalized) would be off limits to FBI agents. After all, surveillance of or undercover string operations in these jihad factories would offend delicate jihadist sensibilities, not to mention the sensibilities of ordinary, peace-loving Muslims. Never mind that ordinary, peace-loving Muslims should have zero problems with rooting out ‘extremists’ among them, but who are we to question why they do?
So next time you hear administration officials tell you that Islamic terrorism cannot be defeated by force, ask them if they’ve actually tried to do so without tying our law enforcement’s or military's hands behind their backs.
Oh, and next time you see, for example, police stopping and questioning a black youth, please keep in mind they may be investigating a crime committed by a white youth, but don’t want to be accused of having implicit bias.
Washington Examiner | June 27, 2016
Justice Dept. Rolls Out 'Implicit Bias' Training For Officials
By Kelly Cohen
The department-wide training is in line with efforts by the federal government to curb bias among personnel following numerous high-profile deaths of unarmed black men by white law enforcement officers. (AP Photo)
The Justice Department announced Monday its agents and attorneys will undergo training aimed at recognizing and reducing "implicit bias."
The department-wide training is in line with efforts by the federal government to curb bias among personnel following numerous high-profile deaths of unarmed black men by white law enforcement officers.
"Our officers are more effective and our communities are more secure when law enforcement has the tools and training they need to address today's public safety challenges," Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in a statement. "At the Department of Justice, we are committed to ensuring that our own personnel are well trained in the core principles and best practices of community policing."
Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said the training will help to ensure the country's criminal justice system is "fair and impartial," adding that research shows most people experience some degree of unconscious bias.
But, that bias can be countered with training, she said.
Bias can affect interactions and decisions, and can be due to stereotypes based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion and socio-economic status, the department said.
The training will affect more than 5,800 attorneys and 28,000 agents, and is set to be rolled out over the next year. The agencies involved are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and U.S. Marshals Service.
The department noted that state and local law enforcement have also been trained in its implicit bias program since 2010, under the Fair and Impartial Policing program.
Original article here.
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