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New Domestic Terror Laws Will Harm Minority Communities, ACLU Says

Law enforcement would likely target minority communities if Congress increases police powers and implements new domestic terror laws

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Law enforcement would likely target minority communities if Congress increases police powers and implements new domestic terror laws in response to the Capitol riot, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday.

The organization sent a statement opposing the creation of a new domestic terrorism statute ahead of a congressional hearing on “The Rise of Domestic Terrorism in America” scheduled for Wednesday, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Congress should increase accountability among the agencies responsible for responding to white supremacism and violence.

“Under current domestic terrorism authorities, law enforcement has a vast array of authorities, from investigation through prosecution, to address white supremacist violence effectively,” according to the statement. “To enhance the safety of all communities, Congress should hold law enforcement agencies accountable for their failure to meaningfully focus on increasing levels of white supremacist violence and ascertain the reasons for that failure.”

Over 50 statutes dealing with domestic terrorism and material support of domestic terrorists are already in place, according to the ACLU. Law enforcement officials already abuse existing statutes when policing minority communities and people participating in activities protected by the First Amendment.

“Federal law enforcement has used domestic terrorism authorities to wrongly target marginalized populations—Black civil rights activists, Muslim, Arab, Middle Eastern, and South Asian communities, animal rights and environmental rights activists, or other groups the government views as having “unpopular” or controversial beliefs,” according to the statement.

Law enforcement officials unfairly target minorities for surveillance, investigation and prosecution through current domestic terror laws, according to the ACLU. New laws would only harm minority communities further through over-policing and would not actually address the issues associated with white supremacist violence.

“Congress should hold government agencies accountable for the lack of focus on white supremacist violence. This accountability begins with requiring agencies to provide meaningful data on their failure to use resources and prioritize efforts to address white supremacist violence,” according to the statement.

Expanding domestic terror laws “will result in more injury” to minority communities and will hinder First Amendment rights, equal treatment and due process “of all people,” according to the ACLU.

The ACLU did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

 

[Arm Pit Cream]

I mean they're right, the undercover operations where try inciting people into doing crimes does hurt the communities involved.
Too bad they're been doing this to white groups for a very long time. The Oath Keepers who were involved in the Capitol incident had a leader with top level FBI clearance since 1979.

 

[JohnDoe]

Once more the ACLJew wants to shield actual terrorists and redirect law enforcement to attack the citizens they should be protecting.

 

[KingCoelacanth]

“Congress should hold government agencies accountable for the lack of focus on white supremacist violence. This accountability begins with requiring agencies to provide meaningful data on their failure to use resources and prioritize efforts to address white supremacist violence,” according to the statement.

Why should there be any focus at all? Of all the violence in the US how much of it is white supremacy? The ADL's number is something like 15 cases of white supremacist violence, but there's 20,000 murders a year. Not to mention all the assaults, attempted murder, drive by shootings, stabbings, rape, etc.

 

[kcbbq]

I love that the ACLU has literally devolved to the point that they are demanding that laws only apply to White people.

 

[Spooky Bones]

Why should there be any focus at all? Of all the violence in the US how much of it is white supremacy? The ADL's number is something like 15 cases of white supremacist violence, but there's 20,000 murders a year. Not to mention all the assaults, attempted murder, drive by shootings, stabbings, rape, etc.

Sometimes you hear much larger numbers than this but many (most?) of the incidents that wind up classed as "White supremacist violence" is in fact organizations like the Aryan Brotherhood doing ordinary gangland criminality or individual members doing stuff like killing their wives' boyfriends. These incidents get lumped in with "hate crimes" due to the affiliations of the perpetrators.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Defund the police, until someone we don't like shows up.

Edit: defund not refund. Fucking phones

 

[potato fan]

Why should there be any focus at all? Of all the violence in the US how much of it is white supremacy? The ADL's number is something like 15 cases of white supremacist violence, but there's 20,000 murders a year. Not to mention all the assaults, attempted murder, drive by shootings, stabbings, rape, etc.

and of those 15 cases, half is not even racially morivated, it's drug deals gone wrong and similar situations

 

[Pentex]

“Congress should hold government agencies accountable for the lack of focus on white supremacist violence.

So we've gone from the Code Noir to the Code Blanc, to be helpfully written by the (((ACLU))).

The "anti-racists" are the ones screaming that the law should only apply to whites.