The director of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice said on Saturday that he was investigating a new policy in the largest County of Minnesota to determine if he illegally considers the race as a factor in the Poba agreements.
Harmet K. Dhillon, the Attorney General of Civil Rights, announced the investigation in social networks on Saturday night. A letter to the County Prosecutor’s Office in Hempin County, which includes Minneapolis, will seek to determine if it is involved “in the illegal consideration of the breed in its prosecuting decision making.”
The voice of the investigation of a policy memorandum that the office issued days before, in which prosecutors had to know racial or ages in negotiations and guilt sentences.
“While racial identity and age are not appropriate reasons for exits, resolutions propose to consider the accused person as a complete person, including their racial identity and age,” said the memorandum. “While these factors should not control, they must be part of the general analysis. Racial disparities damage our community, lead to distrust and have a negative impact on community safety. Prosecutors must identify and address racial disparities at decision points, as appropriate.”
The lawyers for the reform of judgment have argued for a long time that the criminal justice system produces significant disparities in the prison sentences to the black defendant versus the white accused convicted of the same crimes, and the memorandum of the prosecutor designed to address the informed value.
The letter of Mrs. Dhillon said that federal investigation was sure to determine whether local prosecutors have created “a pattern or practice of depriving people of rights, privileges or immunities insured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
Daniel Borgertpoeping, spokesman for the County Prosecutor’s Office, said the office had not received the letter from the Department of Justice, but was aware of the publication of the social networks of Mrs. Dhillon.
“Our office will cooperate with any investigation of results and we are very convinced that our policy complies with the law,” he said.
The investigation reaches a tumultuous moment for the civil rights division. Hundreds of lawyers and staff members have resigned in recent weeks, in the midst of the growing frustration with the reallocation or exit of most of the managers who work there, and demand new types of investigations that have alarmed the current and previous lawyers in the division.
Mrs. Dhillon has spoken favorably about the massive exodus, and suggested that those who go more solidary with the “awakened ideology” than President Trump’s agenda.
