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Trump Issues Executive Order Ramping Up American Police State
Trump signed an executive order ramping up his efforts to embolden law enforcement across the country and shield them from accountability.
On Monday, as he prepared to celebrate his 100th day back in the White House, President Trump signed an executive order ramping up his efforts to embolden law enforcement across the country and shield them from accountability. The president instructed his administration to “unleash high-impact local police forces; protect and defend law enforcement officers wrongly accused and abused by State or local officials; and surge resources to officers in need.”
Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to launch a program providing free legal resources to police officers accused of wrongdoing, while also ordering his administration to increase the supply of “excess military and national security assets” to local law enforcement.
In one paragraph of the order, the Attorney General and associated agencies are instructed to “maximize the use of Federal resources” to support state and local law enforcement training, increased pay for officers, enhanced sentences for crimes against law enforcement, and “investment in the security and capacity of prisons.”
The signed order also encourages the prosecution of state and local officials for “unlawfully prohibiting law enforcement officers from carrying out duties.” And it calls on the Justice Department to prosecute state and local officials who promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives that supposedly “restrict law enforcement activity or endanger citizens” — on the grounds that diversity-related measures constitute discrimination or civil-rights violations.