This Week at Justice - March 22, 2024

(music) Text: This Week at Justice March 22, 2024 AG Garland: Monopolies like Apple's threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation; they hurt producers and workers; and they increase costs for consumers. If left unchallenged, Apple will only continue to strengthen its smartphone monopoly. DAG Monaco: No matter how powerful — no matter how prominent — no matter how popular — no company is above the law. Through today’s action, we reaffirm our unwavering commitment to this principle. Acting ASG Mizer: Promoting competition through antitrust enforcement levels that playing field and is critical to promoting economic opportunity and equity. AAG Kanter: Competition does not just protect the markets and technologies of today, but the innovations of tomorrow. We bring this case to make sure that Apple competes by innovating rather than by imposing rules and fees that prevent others from innovating and competing too. And in doing so, we protect the market for the innovations that we can’t yet perceive. AG Garland: The depravity of the crimes committed by these defendants cannot be overstated, and they will now spend between 10 and 40 years in prison for their heinous attack on citizens they had sworn to protect. These defendants kicked in the door of a home where two Black men were residing, handcuffed and arrested them without probable cause, called them racial slurs, and punched, kicked, tased, and assaulted them. After one of the defendants fired his gun in the mouth of one of the victims, breaking his jaw, the defendants gathered outside to come up with a cover story as the victim lay bleeding on the floor. Officers who violate constitutional rights will be held accountable by the Justice Department for their crimes that harm individual victims and betray the trust of entire communities. AG Garland: We know that hard fought progress can easily slip away, and we must remain focused and vigilant. But today, we are encouraged by this data indicating a decrease in violent crime in communities across the country in 2023 compared to the prior year, including an over 13% decline in homicides. AG Garland: Every day, in courts across America, the promise of the Sixth Amendment is made real through the dedication and commitment of public defenders. The Justice Department is proud to stand with the public defenders and criminal defense attorneys who work to carry out the foundational principle, reaffirmed 61 years ago today in Gideon v. Wainwright, that the law protects all of us – the poor as well as the rich, the powerless as well as the powerful. AG Garland: With this sentence, the Justice Department has ensured that both of the defendants responsible for brutally murdering a law enforcement officer and seriously wounding another are held accountable for their heinous crimes. Text: Announcements of arrests, indictments, criminal complaints, charges or similar which may be described in this video are merely accusations. Each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Licensed Music: "Tension News Waiting” by Louis Perez