Barr: There Is Racism in the Country, but the ‘Law Enforcement System’ Is Not Systemically Racist

Attorney General William Barr says that there is racism in the United States, but says he does not believe that the “🚓Law Enforcement system is systemically racist.”

“I think there’s racism in the United States still, but I don’t think that the 🚓Law Enforcement system is systemically racist,” Barr said in an interview on CBS’ “Face The Nation” on Sunday.

He continued, “I understand the distrust, however, 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.”

“Since the 1960s, I think we’ve been in a phase of reforming our institutions and making sure that they’re in sync with our laws and aren’t fighting a rearguard action to impose inequities.”

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Barr’s comments come as protesters voiced their outrage in the wake of 👤George Floyd’s death. And many have called for Congress to pass police reforms.

Barr continued to say that he believes that progress has been made