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Barr Explains What He Meant When He Warned: Disrespect Police, Risk Not Having Police Protection

Ryan Saavedra
Barr Explains What He Meant When He Warned: Disrespect Police, Risk Not Having Police Protection
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Attorney General William Barr explained on Tuesday what he meant earlier this month when he warned at an awards ceremony that if people do not start respecting law enforcement that they may not have law enforcement to protect them when they need it.

Barr, whose remarks triggered the political Left into making accusations of racism, made the comments while honoring some of the nation’s finest law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in Policing at the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Justice Department Building in Washington, D.C.

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