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ACLU Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder
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Posted on 07/21/2013 8:53:19 AM PDT by chessplayer

We are writing to clearly state the ACLU’s position on whether or not the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider bring ing federal civil rights or hate crimes charges as a result of the state court acquittal in the George Zimmerman case. Even though the Supreme Court permits a federal prosecution following a state prosecutio n, the ACLU believes the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution protects someone from being prosecuted in another court for charges arising from the same transaction. A jury found Zimmerman not guilty, and that should be the end of the criminal case.

(Excerpt) Read more at aclu.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: ap; bigot; blackkk; blackrage; contempt; criminal; doj; florida; georgezimmerman; holder; liar; nsa; perjury; racist; rosen; threatmatrix; trayvonmartin; zimmerman

1 posted on 07/21/2013 8:53:19 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer
The blind squirrel found a nut.
2 posted on 07/21/2013 8:57:48 AM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: chessplayer

Not only is that a sorry letter it is written terribly.

The most focused thing taught in law screwl must be how to stretch one point into as many obscure paragraphs as possible thereby making the point even more obscure.


3 posted on 07/21/2013 8:58:15 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: chessplayer
Oh-oh!

I wonder if the A.C.L.U.'s ever had a I.R.S. audit.

4 posted on 07/21/2013 9:00:12 AM PDT by skimbell
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To: chessplayer

I downloaded the PDF and read the entire thing.

One paragraph deals with the George Zimmerman case about ‘double-jeopardy’. I was flabbergasted when the feds went after the Rodney King officers for the same offense. That is NOT what the Constitution says.

Otherwise, the letter is poorly worded and is pretty lame.


5 posted on 07/21/2013 9:04:44 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: chessplayer
Continuing on (for real..):

However, there are still actions the federal government can take to help communities like Sanford, Florida to ensure tragedies similar to Trayvon Martin’s untimely death do not happen again, including preventing widespread racial profiling. Although the George Zimmerman case did not involve a law enforcement officer, many other shootings of unarmed Black men around the country have.

IOW, this had nothing to do with the relationship of pirates to the Dow Jones industry, but we should be concentration on the pirates problem...

6 posted on 07/21/2013 9:06:39 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
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To: chessplayer

“We believe that Oranges grow on trees and are sometimes bitter, therefore it is in the best interest of the people that Apples be permanently removed from the shelves.”


7 posted on 07/21/2013 9:07:15 AM PDT by Gumption
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To: chessplayer; blueyon; LucyT; pax_et_bonum; autumnraine; maggief; Silentgypsy; thouworm; ...
Anyone wanting on or off this ping list, please advise. Thanks.


8 posted on 07/21/2013 9:18:37 AM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work, You gotta earn them.)
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To: chessplayer
It is clear Holder desires to persecute innocent people like GZ, but refuses to prosecute “his people” who commit crimes like the Black Panthers that bring deadly weapons to polling places.

By doing so, Holder is helping Obama set race relations back at least 50 years.

It is a darn shame these people are hurting America like this. MLK must be spinning in his grave as they destroy his vision of a colorblind America where people are judged by their character.

9 posted on 07/21/2013 9:27:06 AM PDT by Gabrial (The nightmare will continue as long as the nightmare is in the Whitehouse.)
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To: Sequoyah101
More recently, 22-year-old Oscar Grant, an African American, was shot in the back and killed by Oakland transit police on New Year’s morning in 2009 after getting off the BART train.

As I recall, this had nothing to do with racial profiling. The police were responding to a call and the man was shot accidentally while trying to use a stun gun to subdue him.

10 posted on 07/21/2013 9:27:21 AM PDT by oldbrowser (We have a rogue government in Washington)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

It’s the thought that counts ;-)


11 posted on 07/21/2013 9:30:36 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
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To: chessplayer

Do they actually believe that Eric Holder actually cares about the Constitution?


12 posted on 07/21/2013 9:44:20 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: chessplayer

Is this another unlabeled satire posting?


13 posted on 07/21/2013 9:50:21 AM PDT by Iron Munro (They Old. That's Old School People. We In A New School, Our Generation)
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To: chessplayer

Sounds like they let bob barr write a letter as partial payback for his stabbing Conservatives in the back and joining this communist front. I guess a commie can be right on very rare occasions.


14 posted on 07/21/2013 9:50:40 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: mkmensinger

this is turf war.

aclu is fighting jackson and sharpton as official representative of oppressed minorities.

competition will not be tollerated.


15 posted on 07/21/2013 11:47:53 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: chessplayer

I am confused by the second paragraph. Would it have been better for Amadou Ahmed Diallo to be shot 41 tiimes by black NYPD officers?

Sean Bell was shot 50 times by NYPD officers (of unknown race) . Would it have been better for him to be killed by one bullet rather than 50?

Would it have been less objectionable for him to be shot if Oscar Grant had been white or asian?


16 posted on 07/21/2013 2:13:25 PM PDT by ronnietherocket3
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To: mkmensinger

I think they found 2 nuts. If you look at the second paragraph, all the cities listed are majority Democrat.


17 posted on 07/21/2013 2:13:25 PM PDT by ronnietherocket3
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To: chessplayer

How were the Goldmans able to sue OJ Simpson in civil court?


18 posted on 07/21/2013 3:19:08 PM PDT by Joyell
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