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Prosecutor resigns from Trump law enforcement commission
Prosecutor resigns from Trump law enforcement commission, calls it 'intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda'Ramsey County, Minnesota, District Attorney John Choi submitted his letter of resignation on September 3 to Attorney General William Barr after his concerns about the work of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice had not been not addressed since May.
Choi, a Democrat, said in his resignation letter that "it is now patently obvious ... that this process had no intention of engaging in a thoughtful and open analysis, but was intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda that ignores the lessons of the past, furthering failed tough-on-crime policies that led to our current mass incarceration crisis and fueling divisions between our communities and our police officers."
The Justice Department did not return CNN's request for comment. HuffPost was first to report on Choi's resignation.
On May 29, Choi sent a letter -- along with Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree -- to the commission after hearing concerns raised by the NAACP and a host of other organizations about the "Commission's process, inclusiveness and transparency, and whether the Commission's processes conform to applicable federal law."
Choi, a Democrat, said in his resignation letter that "it is now patently obvious ... that this process had no intention of engaging in a thoughtful and open analysis, but was intent on providing cover for a predetermined agenda that ignores the lessons of the past, furthering failed tough-on-crime policies that led to our current mass incarceration crisis and fueling divisions between our communities and our police officers."
The Justice Department did not return CNN's request for comment. HuffPost was first to report on Choi's resignation.
On May 29, Choi sent a letter -- along with Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree -- to the commission after hearing concerns raised by the NAACP and a host of other organizations about the "Commission's process, inclusiveness and transparency, and whether the Commission's processes conform to applicable federal law."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/11/politics/john-choi-resigns-trump-law-enforcement-commission/index.html