There’s racism in the United States still, but I don’t think that the law enforcement system is systemically racist. – William Barr
I understand the distrust of the African American community given the history in this country. I think we have to recognize that for most of our history, our institutions were explicitly racist. – William Barr
Do I acknowledge that there are law enforcement officers that abuse their job? Yes, and we need to hold those accountable. – William Barr
I think that there are instances of bad cops. And I think we have to be careful about automatically assuming that the actions of an individual necessarily mean that their organization is rotten. – William Barr
Things were so bad that the Secret Service recommended that the President go down to the bunker. We can’t have that in our country. – William Barr