by Chandelis R. Duster
Black lawmakers met with FBI Director Christopher
Wray on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over concerns about a bureau report
targeting "Black Identity Extremists."
In what
was described as a "open and serious meeting," Congressional Black
Caucus members, including Reps. Val Demings, Karen Bass, Bonnie Watson
Coleman, and others spoke with Wray for nearly two hours regarding the
bureau's internal assessment "Black Identity Extremists Likely Motivated
to Target Law Enforcement Officers,” that was written in August and
posted online.
CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond, D-La., called the meeting a "good first step."
"It's
a breath of fresh air to talk to this director compared to our
relationship with the Justice Department," Richmond said to a group of
reporters after the meeting. "We think that his background and we will
give the benefit of the doubt based on his actions, words, and
background today, that he is really trying to lead the FBI in a very
transparent, fair way."
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Source: NBC News
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