State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’

State Dept.: Murdering, enslaving for religion most ‘egregious form of discrimination’

(CNSNews.com) – Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Wednesday while announcing the release of the latest international religious freedom report that "there is no more egregious form of discrimination" than targeting members of another religion with the intention of "murdering or enslaving" them.

"It used to be that our annual reports focused almost exclusively on the actions of states, but we've also seen certain non-state actors, including terrorist organizations like Daesh, al Qaeda, al Shabab, Boko Haram posing a major threat to religious freedom. There is after all no more egregious form of discrimination than separating out the followers of one religion from another whether in a village, on a bus, in a classroom, with the intent of murdering or enslaving the members of a particular group," he said.

Expert: DOJ’s Baltimore PD smackdown will lead to more violent crime
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Expert: DOJ’s Baltimore PD smackdown will lead to more violent crime

Evan Lips

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Justice's scathing condemnation of the Baltimore Police Department is likely to lead to more violent crime in the Maryland city, according to one expert on criminal law.

On Wednesday, the DOJ released a report accusing the city's law enforcement officers of disproportionately stopping, searching and arresting African-Americans.   The report comes 15-months after the federal government launched an investigation into the Baltimore Police Department following the 2015 death of 25-year old Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. Six police officers were either acquitted or had criminal charges against them dropped in the case of Gray's death.

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