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Eric Holder: Michael Brown Death Cause for 'Robust Action' to Increase Police Diversity
Brietbart Big Government ^ | August 19, 2014 | Tony Lee

Posted on 08/20/2014 3:34:51 AM PDT by Zakeet

Attorney General Eric Holder vowed to use Michael Brown's death and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, to push for more police diversity and even combat unintentional "disparate treatment under the law" of minorities.

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"Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended," he said. "And police forces should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve."

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"Constructive dialogue should continue – but it must also be converted into concrete action. And it is painfully clear, in cities and circumstances across our great nation, that more progress, more dialogue, and more action is needed," he wrote.

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He also said that the "Justice Department will defend the right of protesters to peacefully demonstrate and for the media to cover a story that must be told."

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: diversity; ferguson; holder; racism
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We need better enforcement priorities and arrest patterns in order to ensure that protesters receive disparate treatment under the law so they can continue to take concrete action!

1 posted on 08/20/2014 3:34:51 AM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Don’t worry - “Sherlock Homie” is on the case!


2 posted on 08/20/2014 3:39:13 AM PDT by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: Zakeet

They still don’t get it. You can’t allow one group to be animals because they’re a different color. Take a look at Chicago or any city with demographics like Ferguson. It’s why these areas become that way. Whites move away!!


3 posted on 08/20/2014 3:39:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Zakeet

I thought that race doesn’t matter?


4 posted on 08/20/2014 3:40:12 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Zakeet

Leave the belts!


6 posted on 08/20/2014 3:42:43 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Zakeet

What a stupid moron. What does police diversity have to do with a thug stealing cigarettes from a store and fighting a cop?


7 posted on 08/20/2014 3:44:11 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: F15Eagle

It’s the “Just Us” Dept.


8 posted on 08/20/2014 3:49:36 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

What an A..Hooe.

Funny, when and where I grew up, the most feared cop in the black center city was a black cop on the beat. I guess that has changed these days then again perhaps not.


10 posted on 08/20/2014 3:52:50 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

I think Holder is saying blacks will be safer with black cops because they would not arrest or defend themselves against “one of their own”.

Idiot. And I am sure they will lower the bar (like they always do) to recruit more blacks. Maybe even overlook criminal backgrounds. They deserve what they get.


11 posted on 08/20/2014 3:55:58 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Zakeet

Never let a crisis go to waste when pushing for racial preferences.


12 posted on 08/20/2014 4:00:36 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: Zakeet

Holder wants “more police diversity” so that there are more black cops to monitor the white cops for any sign of “political incorrectness” and keep them in line.


13 posted on 08/20/2014 4:07:51 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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“Enforcement priorities and arrest patterns must not lead to disparate treatment under the law, even if such treatment is unintended,”

There is nothing wrong with disparate behavior leading to disparate treatment. If disparate behavior based on race is a problem the focus should be on changing the behavior.


14 posted on 08/20/2014 4:08:01 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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To: ilovesarah2012

Don’t think the federal govt has any say in hiring of local cops.


15 posted on 08/20/2014 4:09:38 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: Zakeet

The next stage of the communist plan... to take over the local sheriff’s offices using this politically correct crap


16 posted on 08/20/2014 4:11:14 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Zakeet

Het, Eric, most white Americans would love nothing more than to see many more black Americans on this side of the prison bars, as well.


17 posted on 08/20/2014 4:13:45 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: Zakeet

Just Us triumphs


18 posted on 08/20/2014 4:14:21 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Kerry, as Obama's plenipotentiary, is a paradox - the physical presence of a geopolitical absence")
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To: Zakeet

We’re in the middle of a takeover and those who know what is happening can’t seem to band together and put a complete and permanent stop to it. What a tragedy that millions of others don’t have a clue as to what is actually happening.


19 posted on 08/20/2014 4:15:06 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: F15Eagle

When the Police are forced to add diversity or must hire people with criminal records, it allows non qualified individuals to obtain guns and access to authority that corrupts....New Orleans experienced that in 1990s, with two black unqualified individuals as seen in these articles:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/antoinette_frank/2.html

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/len_davis/4.html


20 posted on 08/20/2014 4:15:29 AM PDT by Kackikat
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