U.S. Invests $1.5 Mil to Help Salvadoran Police Deal with COVID-19 Stress

While local law enforcement agencies around the United States weather extensive budget cuts, the federal government is dedicating $1.5 million to assist police in El Salvador with challenges and stress created by COVID-19. The goal is to help the Central American nation’s 26,966-member National Civil Police (PNC) asses its role and capacities during a crisis and efficiently provide training to manage a public health emergency like the pandemic. “The training will particularly focus on public health orders, personal and workplace safety measures, education in regards to transmission and proper treatment, and management of operational continuity,” according to a grant announcement made public this month.

Group wins new chance to obtain Yates’ DOJ emails over Trump travel ban

Reuters

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit gave the conservative group Judicial Watch a new shot at winning the release of drafts of a Jan. 30, 2017, statement by Yates directing officials to not defend Trump’s executive order.

Judicial Watch: Police Report Details Lawyer Turned in Ashley Biden Documents to Police on November 8, 2020

Judicial Watch

“The Biden Justice Department’s abuse of James O’Keefe and Project Veritas stinks to high heaven and these new documents raise new concerns that O’Keefe is being improperly targeted,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

U.S. Commits $1 Mil to End Racism, Ethnic Prejudice in South America Focusing on “Afro-Latinas”

Judicial Watch

As part of its foreign policy on “advancing racial equity and support of underserved communities,” the Biden administration is spending a million dollars to eliminate racial and ethnic discrimination, inequality, and systemic racism in South America. Besides bolstering racial justice in the foreign nations, the U.S. taxpayer dollars will encourage civil society organizations to promote and protect the human rights of communities marginalized by “intersectional discrimination,” according to the grant announcement posted by the government this month.