"We must have zero tolerance for resisting police. This will save lives," Attorney General Barr said in a speech to the Fraternal Order of Police.
The US Attorney General William Barr delivered an emotionally charged speech defending law enforcement this week to the Fraternal Order of Police, or FOP, for its 64th Biennial Conference in New Orleans. FOP is the US's largest fraternal police organization.
But Barr went on to say that police officers are"fighting a different type of war ... an unrelenting, never-ending fight against criminal predators in our society." After telling the crowd that"we need to get back to basics," Barr said that public figures in the media and elsewhere should"underscore the need to 'comply first, and, if warranted, complain later.'"
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