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Re:Chicago Police Department shuts down its arrest API by lr4444lr on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:03PM (#23786711)
First of all, rights aren't "enforced". They're assumed given, and sometimes enumerated in law. Enforcement against violators is largely a discretionary matter of limited resources.
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Re:Chicago Police Department shuts down its arrest API by elliekelly on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:20PM (#23786818)
Semantics. You’re right that the usual term in this context would be to “uphold” civil rights but the word enforce means to compel compliance and that is very much an accurate description of the process.

Edit: The DOJ Civil Rights Division uses the word “enforce” right on their homepage: https://www.justice.gov/crt

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