By Jelani Cobb August 1, 2017 There's little comedy in the ways in which President Trump's recent law-enforcement speech reflected his Administration's broader priorities when it comes to policing.
But even as the inflammatory rhetoric on the windows of Sayoc's van attracted the curiosity of nervous onlookers, conversations with federal law enforcement and free speech experts suggested the decals and the messaging alone likely did not represent actionable criminal conduct.
Several prominent law enforcement officials delivered speeches in the days before Obama's address, including Loretta Lynch, America's first black female attorney general, and Baltimore's chief prosecutor Marilyn Moseby, who recently charged six police officers in the Freddie Gray case.
Instead, Sessions has pledged his unwavering support for law enforcement, and in speeches has blamed "divisive rhetoric," meaning the protests of groups such as Black Lives Matter, for violence against law officers.
"All taken together, these measures raise serious questions about the arbitrary use of law enforcement to stifle free speech and free assembly," said the spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland.
To crack down on illegal migration, he announced the creation of a salaried force of 1,000 Cossack patrolmen, which — he explained in a speech to law enforcement officers — would not be restrained by the law as the police are.
Scholars who study police interrogations say it is not uncommon for confessions to include traces of the detective's speech, particularly law enforcement jargon the suspect was unlikely to have used without prompting.
The Supreme Court reframed the case slightly, saying it would hear arguments only on whether the F.C.C.'s "indecency enforcement regime" violated the free speech or due process clauses of the Constitution.
The governor, Aleksandr Tkachev, in a speech to law enforcement officers on Thursday, announced that as of September, 1,000 Cossacks would be paid from the budget to maintain public order.
Stephen M. Cutler, the S.E.C.'s enforcement director, said in a speech in Hallandale, Fla., that there "has been a concerted effort to ratchet up the penalties we seek from corporate wrongdoers".
North Dakota police arrested more than 120 people over the weekend at Native American oil pipeline protests, including film-makers and journalists, prompting accusations that law enforcement officials are stifling free speech and using excessive force against peaceful protesters.
