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Justice Dept. Asked Ferguson Police Not to Release Video From Robbery, Official Says
The New York Times ^ | August 16, 2014 | Alan Blinder

Posted on 08/16/2014 1:52:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON, Mo. — Unrest returned to the streets of this St. Louis suburb early Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators, angered by the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teenager by a police officer, engaged in a standoff with the police that was punctuated by threats and a new round of denunciations of law enforcement practices.

The confrontation, the first serious one since the Missouri State Highway Patrol on Thursday assumed responsibility for security operations here, ended at about 4 a.m. when the authorities, prompted by the gradual dispersal of demonstrators, pulled back to their nearby command post. The Associated Press reported that one law enforcement official had been injured overnight.

The unrest, coming after a day of relative calm, resumed after the Ferguson police on Friday released the name of the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown as well as surveillance videotape that appeared to show Mr. Brown stealing a box of cigarillos in a convenience store. His family and many protesters complained that the police were trying to divert attention from the central question: why an unarmed young man was shot dead....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; coverup; ericholder; ericwithholder; ferguson; injusticedepartment; justusdepartment; lawenforcement; michaelbrown; missouri; nojusticenopeas; proriot; raceriots; riots; transparency
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To: roadcat

when they release a pix of the officer, it should also be a junior high school picture.


61 posted on 08/16/2014 3:54:51 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Just Us dept. is mad because it shows the character and mindset of their “angel” doesn’t match up with what the mom/lawyer and community activists said.


62 posted on 08/16/2014 4:13:08 PM PDT by matt04
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Of course the DOJ under Eric ‘My People’ Holder wanted the video suppressed. Of course the black racist riot agitators are angry that it was released.

Anything that threatens the Victimization narrative must be suppressed (i.e. evidence of criminality, violence, racism, anti-social behavior from the alleged victim showing that the “victim had victims of his own”).

Anything that strengthens the Victimization narrative must be promoted (i.e., evidence or claims that the alleged victim was a good, kind, gentle, wholesome person who was a “hapless victim of evil white men”).

We saw this Liberal Propaganda scenario played out in the MSM during the Tawana Brawley, Rodney King, Trayvon Martin stories. Transparency has NO place, when an agenda is IN place.


63 posted on 08/16/2014 4:23:38 PM PDT by Main Street (Stuck in traffic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So it was federal interference and race baiting that was behind the local cops mishandling of the situation. Had the tape been released earlier, most blacks would had rejected its importance to what they saw as a later murder but it would have taken the wind out of their sails. IMHO


64 posted on 08/16/2014 4:38:19 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Jim Robinson

Those are my suspicions. Ferguson got played by the FBI.


65 posted on 08/16/2014 5:05:03 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Gasshog

Holder and obamma want to supercede all other law, its the plan, black, vs white, muslum terrorist with russian commandos in the us ready to strike, we have never been so weak...som ething is coming, lets hope Jesus comes first.


66 posted on 08/16/2014 5:16:12 PM PDT by aces (Jesus Saves not Society)
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To: Gasshog

Holder and obamma want to supercede all other law, its the plan, black, vs white, muslum terrorist with russian commandos in the us ready to strike, we have never been so weak...som ething is coming, lets hope Jesus comes first.


67 posted on 08/16/2014 5:19:40 PM PDT by aces (Jesus Saves not Society)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Give him a break. He has such a hard job covering for yet another of obama’s sons.


68 posted on 08/16/2014 6:21:46 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Jim Robinson

Holder, and Obama wanted this so much. The media put out their little story to blame the cop and use those who have a hatred of cops to get the votes out for the election as they have nothing to run on.

Alas the facts are coming out just like Zimmermann, not that the cop haters and race baiters will believe the facts.


69 posted on 08/16/2014 6:59:57 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Cubs Fan

agreed.
How he is still there with his racist agenda is beyond me.


70 posted on 08/16/2014 7:00:40 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

why I doj making this statement? it adds nothing but fuel to the fire....


71 posted on 08/16/2014 9:32:01 PM PDT by rolling_stone (1984)
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To: rolling_stone

You answered your own question, looks like to me.


72 posted on 08/16/2014 9:35:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: Jim Robinson

From what I read earlier here, the store owner did not report the robbery and did not want the video released. He was afraid of reprisals and that the police would not protect him. The police took the video and released it against his will.

An odd twist to the story if true.


73 posted on 08/17/2014 2:00:14 AM PDT by DB
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To: JimSEA

See #73.


74 posted on 08/17/2014 2:01:52 AM PDT by DB
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To: Jim Robinson

One more thing. Apparently it was a customer who reported the theft.


75 posted on 08/17/2014 2:05:12 AM PDT by DB
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

It’s not like they get driven every day.

Mind you I’m not in favor of the proliferation of these things.


76 posted on 08/17/2014 3:01:01 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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