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Law enforcement sees Sessions as ‘police-first’ AG By Jonathan Easley

By Jonathan Easley Police and law enforcement officials are backing Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the Department of Justice. Law enforcement groups view Sessions as someone who will bring a “police-first” mentality to Justice that they say was absent during President Obama’s eight years in office. In Sessions, they see a traditional law-and-order style enforcer who they believe will repair the relationship between the feds and local police that has grown frosty in the Obama administration. Sessions is backed by key figures from within several prominent police groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP),… View Article