Dallas (WBAP/KLIF News) – US Attorney General Loretta Lynch is wrapping up her trip to Dallas at UNT Dallas’ National Night Out celebration. Lynch has been visiting Dallas as part of National Community Policing Week. She said it’s an opportunity to talk with people young and old, police, government and citizens, about how to work better together.
But building trust between citizens of the city and their police force is one thing. Building trust between citizens in Dallas and federal law enforcement, in the wake of failures by the Justice Department to enforce federal law – such as immigration law – is another story altogether.
She said she’s aware of the story of Silvestre Luviano, the man deported three times over 20 years, who allegedly killed two men in Cedar Hill last week.
“We’re (the Obama administration) looking to manage individuals who need do to be removed,” said Lynch. “Making sure the priority individuals are those who have a criminal background, and otherwise present a danger to the community.”
But what Lynch didn’t say is what the Department of Justice is going to do to ensure another Cedar Hill-type killing, committed by someone in the country illegally, doesn’t happen again.
Lynch took the opportunity to announce Dallas’ share of a new Community Oriented Policing grant will be $3.5 million. Mayor Mike Rawlings said that money would go to hiring 25 new police officers.
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