The Calamitous Consequences of Weakening the Criminal Justice System

The Calamitous Consequences of Weakening the Criminal Justice System
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) speaks in Washington on Jan. 29, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Charlotte Allen
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They say that a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. That could be one way to describe Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), a one-time House progressive who in 2020 and 2021 voted to support the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, a bill that would have made it significantly easier to hold federal, state, and local law enforcement officers criminally and civilly liable for alleged misconduct. (The bill, strongly opposed by Republicans, passed the Democrat-controlled House but died in the Senate.)

Charlotte Allen
Charlotte Allen
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Charlotte Allen is the executive editor of Catholic Arts Today and a frequent contributor to Quillette. She has a doctorate in medieval studies from the Catholic University of America.
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