Posted on 04/15/2012 9:36:08 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
When racial tensions flared in Sanford, a league of secretive peacemakers reached out to the city's spiritual and civic leaders to help cool heated emotions after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in February.
When civil-rights organizers wanted to demonstrate, these federal workers taught them how to peacefully manage crowds.
They even arranged a police escort for college students to ensure safe passage for their 40-mile march from Daytona Beach to Sanford to demand justice.
As national figures and sign-waving protesters grabbed the spotlight after Trayvon's death, federal workers from a little-known branch of the Department of Justice labored away behind the scenes, quietly brokering deals between the city officials and residents to help prevent violence and lay the groundwork for peace.
Even though last week's arrest of suspected shooter George Zimmerman calmed some tensions, the Community Relations Service will remain in Sanford for an unspecified period of time. "As long as we're needed," the agency's acting director said.
The Community Relations Service offers few details about its work.
City officials, local leaders and residents say these peacekeepers have played a key role in easing tensions during some of the most heated moments after Trayvon's shooting.
"They were there for us," said the Rev. Valarie Houston, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, a focal point for the community after the unarmed teen's death. She met the peacekeepers there for the first time during a March 20 town-hall meeting. "We felt protected," she said.
Houston said the conciliators told her they act as the "eyes and ears of the community" and provided guidance about keeping their message about nonviolence clear.
At every rally, community meeting and march, since the shooting, conciliators were there.
In their Navy blue windbreakers, polo shirts and dark sunglasses, they look like federal agents.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
So you're saying take from the 85% whether they can afford it or not and give to the 15%whether they need it or not. Only opp out is quit achieving and live off the state, increase the 15%.
Only because they didn’t call out the peaceful panthers on their racist, hate speech threats. Freedom of speech for blacks but not whites?
Thanks!!! like I said this Community Relations Service is a useless affirmative action hiring plan to make the permanent Federale bureaucracy (at $135,000 per) more liberal and affirmative action than it already is. If there was a photo of this department you would see zero heterosexual males in it. You would be shocked at what your new oppressors look like. Lots of females and minorities backed up by a Federale court system and armed enforcers. Yep I know I sound a little vociferous but I am not wrong
From the article:
“They were there for us,” said the Rev. Valarie Houston, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, a focal point for the community after the unarmed teen’s death. She met the peacekeepers there for the first time during a March 20 town-hall meeting. “We felt protected,” she said.
Did the DOJ protect the Peace Defenders when they shut down the Sanford PD?
http://www.wesh.com/r/30860081/detail.html
Sanford Police Close Headquarters Amid ‘Dream Defenders’ Protest
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The Dream Defenders, made up of college students, walked from Daytona Beach to Sanford this weekend, and then they attended services at Allen Chapel AME Church, where they announced plans for an act of civil disobedience Monday.
(snip)
The Dream Defenders spoke to special prosecutor Angela Corey on Monday.
They were present in the crowd. You can be sure that it was understood by the Sanford PD officers that any attempt to arrest protesters for restricting access to the police station would result in the officers being brought up on federal civil rights charges.
Young, highly educated, ignorant, and extremely dangerous.
Indoctrinated to the maximum, she’s into government manipulation and control... all with a smile, of course.
Young, highly educated, ignorant, and extremely dangerous.
Indoctrinated to the maximum, she’s into government manipulation and control... all with a smile, of course.
Apologies for the double post.
ignorant + arrogant + in love with power...
The left in general, and 0bama in particular.
It makes me throw up a little in my mouth. Gawd!
Modeled after US Army public affairs units, perhaps?
According to General Boykin, the Obamacare bill contains a provision for a constabulary force, reporting to the president.
Yeah, we are repeating the Chechnya error that affected Russia, but I think we are doing it worse.
First Mueller from the FBI gets advice from CAIR to control the crowds, now CAIR is fully in control of the government.
In this case, the communists were advisors but now they have their own cult police completely with the jobs and all.
Bush Jr. used to pride himself that he was a “loyalty president”, but that was false because none were loyal nor respected him, and he let the door wide open for them because he was too cowardly to fire them and the RINO legislators in Congress did not want to help him, either, apparently.
So now we are saddled with this pink terrorist gangsta crap running around with cop badges.
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So now we are saddled with this pink terrorist gangsta crap running around with cop badges.... much the same way as that picture of Clockwork Orange above where the dude’s inmate friend is now a cop about to rape him.
Becky L. Monroe currently serves as the Acting Director of the Community Relations Service (CRS), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she works with law enforcement and local government officials, community leaders, and federal agencies to support those leaders in addressing tension associated with allegations of discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.
This is a prison gang retard problem. All this race thing is run by government people supporting paranoia.
No serious "militia" would ever be racialy divided and paranoiac on mere basis of pigment play which can be switched around regardless.
THey want to disarm a legit unparanoiac militia in favor of fascists, homosexual gender paranoiacs and leftist government psychologist control worshiping retards - aka middle class liberals.
I am starting to wonder if the Aryan White militias are not actualy government controled and favored in order to promote paranoia, and now I am wondering if these racist black groups are not investigate because that would lead to high government officials inciting them.
A paranoiac cop always love to spread greater paranoia in the population so he gets to control thing from the “crisis” point of view.
“Spiritual Crisis” inducing is also a powerful factor. Islamofascists claiming they work for Christ are thus welcome in that domain, ie. the so called creepy “moderate” who tolerate crazies.
There is no constitutional authority in this. However, just like the Japanese brainwashed on IWO JIMA, once they are there, they are told not to back down and away. Going against this wave always requires blood with them, and a lot of it. THey are cultured in Kamikaze ways. It’s a hostage standoff, and we do not know how to handle it because we will not even acknowledge it amongst the GOP RINOs.
IT’s completely irresponsible these kinds of coward behavior coming from nincompoops.
If we thought the sabotaging of GWBush’s signature by removing the W key from the keyboards of the white House was bad, this is going to be much much worse with this nutto from Kenya who does not give a rat’s arse.
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