Attorney General Merrick Garland's meeting at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Tuesday, in Anchorage, is expected to address similar issues that former Attorney General William Barr's visit did in 2019, including topics of law enforcement, domestic violence and health concerns in rural areas and villages of Alaska.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, met with Alaskan Native leaders, local and state law enforcement, Tuesday, for a roundtable discussion at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.
“I encouraged him to come and see first-hand some of the challenges that we have in rural villages, in Native villages where there really is little to no law enforcement presence and what that means specifically,” Murkowski said. “He declared a public safety state of emergency, directed significant federal funds and those impressions remain within an individual and Attorney General Garland assured me that he had been told of the many challenges but he wanted to see for himself so these conversations are going to be very important,” Murkowski said.
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