The issue focused on law enforcement's role in civil rights enforcement, many people said, with law enforcement leaders saying they were aware of the issue and would work to address it.

Carmen Lawton, state director of the Justice Law Center, said in a statement that the issue "leads to the federal government's continued economic and political authority in this country. We need to start looking at this right now to put an end to it."

The federal government "can't give these federal civil