Having served in the Nixon Administration, I am well aware of how the political leadership of an administration can try to politicize the civil service, including law enforcement.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.
The civil service are risk averse.
I have loved the Department of Justice ever since, as a young boy, I watched Robert Kennedy prove during the Civil Rights Movement how the department can - and must - always be a force for that which is right.
I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.
Protecting the rights of service members was an important part of my work as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
It was accountability that Nixon feared.
I am not a civil rights leader, and I don't profess to be one.
The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
There are those who profess to support law enforcement but who have attempted to undermine the efforts of hard-working officers who make difficult decisions.
The police officer's job is to respect the citizens that they are in control of.
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