The federal takeover of local police departments just got a win in another example of the judiciary ruling the roost in the United States. The so-called consent decree in place between Baltimore Police and the Department of Justice was upheld by a federal judge in the city despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ objection. Guess who appointed the judge? None other than former President Barack Obama.

The judge in question is Judge James K. Bredar of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, appointed by Obama in 2010.

The Hill reported about the Obama appointee’s decision:

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A federal judge approved the consent decree on Friday, turning it into a court order. The judge blocked a request from the Trump Justice Department to delay the agreement. Sessions’s DOJ had filed a request in the U.S. District Court of the District of Maryland on Monday, asking for 90 more days to review the pact with the Baltimore Police Department. U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar denied the DOJ request on Thursday. The DOJ’s existing consent decree with Baltimore’s law enforcement calls for changes including training for officers on how to resolve conflicts without using force. Sessions on Monday instructed DOJ officials to review the agency’s consent decrees with all police forces nationwide, including Baltimore’s. The attorney general said the review is necessary to ensure none of the pacts undermine the Trump administration’s goals of promoting police officer safety and morale while fighting violent crime.

Session, the top law enforcement official in the country, discussed the situation in a statement on Friday:

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Today, a federal court entered a consent decree that will require the court and a highly-paid monitor to govern every detail of how the Baltimore Police Department functions for the foreseeable future. This decree was negotiated during a rushed process by the previous administration and signed only days before they left office. While the Department of Justice continues to fully support police reform in Baltimore, I have grave concerns that some provisions of this decree will reduce the lawful powers of the police department and result in a less safe city.

Sessions explained that the decree — which was revealed just days before Obama left office — consists of “clear departures from many proven principles of good policing.”

“Make no mistake, Baltimore is facing a violent crime crisis,” he said. “Baltimore has seen a 22 percent increase in violent crime in just the last year.

“The citizens of Baltimore deserve to see a real and lasting reduction in the fast-rising violent crime threatening their city,” Sessions added.

The Baltimore “review” was sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died in police custody, setting off major rioting in the city — despite the fact that none of the politically motivated charges by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby held up in court.

As we’ve reported before here at TFPP, these “consent decrees” are an attempt to federalize local police forces and have been supported by big-money regressive globalists such as billionaire George Soros — whose foundation called for exploiting incidents such as the Gray case to achieve their goals.

And that’s precisely what they were able to do here with a leftist judiciary behaving more like dictators than those called to uphold the law as it is written.



