Top black Democrat attacks 'God-awful' AG Bill Barr for comparing coroanvirus lockdowns to SLAVERY

'Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history,' Barr told a crowd which applauded in response, CNN reported.Barr likened the pandemic to life for Black people before slavery was abolished after he was asked to explain 'constitutional hurdles for forbidding a church from meeting during Covid-19.'On Thursday morning Clyburn, a key Joe Biden ally, said: 'That statement by Mr. Barr was the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I've ever heard.'It is incredible that the top law enforcement officer in this country would equate human bondage to expert advice to save lives.'Slavery was not about saving lives. 'That means discretion is invested in the executive to determine when to exercise the prosecutorial power.' University of Alabama law professor, Jenny Carroll, told the WSJ: 'If you start charging those people, even if you don't get a conviction, it may make people think twice before going out to exercise their right to free speech.'   'Slavery': Bill Barr called lockdowns like the one in April which left New York's Times Square empty one step down from the conditions enslaved African-Americans enduredAs he compared national lockdown to house arrest, it was reported that Barr wants sedition charges for violent protesters. Asked about the report on Barr, Trump said his government will treat demonstrators toughly.'If you have a violent demonstration, yes, we will put it down very very quickly,' he said, adding: 'And I think the American public wants to see that.'According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, about 93 percent of protests this summer were peaceful.Such a sedition charge has been used with extreme rarity and the most recent example, a case brought against a Michigan armed militia group, failed in 2012 due to weak and 'circumstantial evidence'.