Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, told Newsmax on Monday that a reparations package under consideration in Buncombe County, North Carolina, is not only “tone-deaf” but a blatant violation of federal law.
Dhillon detailed the letter she sent last week warning county officials that the $2.9 million proposal could expose the county to legal consequences. The plan is scheduled for a vote on Tuesday.
“I grew up in rural North Carolina,” Dhillon told “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.” “In the 1970s, there were definitely the vestiges of discrimination there. I saw it with my own two eyes. It’s 50 years later now, and this is totally ridiculous and tone deaf. And so we’re going to put a stop to it here. And by the way, every other city and county trying to be cute and pass rules like this, you’re on notice that we’ll come after you, too.”
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