Garland Restores Key Accountability Tool
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janessa Sambola-Harris, [email protected]
WASHINGTON— Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on Attorney General Merrick Garland’s rescission of a Trump administration order that essentially ended the Department of Justice’s use of consent decrees:
“Accountability and oversight are key ways to ensure that equal rights under the law are safeguarded and Attorney General Merrick Garland understands this. Consent decrees are a necessary tool to ensure entities such as schools, employers, law enforcement, and other government agencies fix patterns and practices of unconstitutional and discriminatory conduct. They are needed now more than ever, as the nation grapples with ongoing police misconduct and killings. We applaud this important step that will allow the Department of Justice to enforce our civil rights.”
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.
###