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Brehs, Eric Holder just resigned
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Dawg, Obama is the one who put him on.He was the one who came to Ferguson after the shooting, for the people. Opened up about the racism experienced in his earlier years with his dad.
I guess he's tired of Obama's B.S.
Those two ride for each other.
I really feel like there some fukkery afoot.
Holder is that dude IMO
Piff Perkins
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Blind eye to Wall Street, invasive connection of security with civil liberty abuses, and a stellar focus on civil rights in the face of blatantly racist opposition. The DOJ's fight against voter right abuses in the south has been going on for 6 years, they have won and lost battles. One of the best things about this is that it made the issue noticeable. Black turnout increased in part due to reactions to the voter abuses the DOJ highlighted. Blacks overwhelmed the polls and beat the GOP attempt to restrict voting.
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He didnt get nearly the attention or credit that he deserved from the black community. He was not shy about challenging racism, and he proudly represented the interests and psyche of black folk and not in some "post-racial" idealized manner designed to comfort white America. I hope he does not fade from the spotlight, and continues to voice his opinion --- perhaps even more so now that he's not beholden to the demands and restrictions related to the AG position. Hes a good man, and would be great for the country as a whole if it ever decides to grow up, and get over its hang ups.
I say it all the time, but Holder is one of the few real nikkas who got up in that circle of power.
His rise and background is NUTS if you look at it and put it in context
Eric Holder BEEN catching hell for his comments:
FreddyCalhoun
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What you know about the ECU Breh?!?!
Holder is who Colin Powell was AFTER he left office. And that says a lot
Holder was really and truly about that life when it came to black issues. Its well documented that he was speaking on behalf of the REAL Barack Obama as well when he spoke out on certain issues:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-survivor-108018_Page2.html#.VCRNmktxsdt
Holder is not someone you call a c00n fam.
He's done more for black people in that position than anyone ever has.
You're speaking out of turn here. keep your canadian bullshyt to yourself.
White folks been trying to shyt on Holder his ENTIRE term.
he was ready to leave back in 2012 and Obama convinced him to stay.
They hate dude.
They LITERALLY call ERIC HOLDER the racist.
Think about that.
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The Wall Street shyt is so complicated though cause a lot of that shyt was legal, if not immoral. Whats funny is that dudes overlook cats like LANNY BREUER at the SEC who basically admitted on 60 minutes he overlooked a lot of shyt and is out here greasing the revolving door.
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09.23.14
Eric Holder: I Identify With Ferguson’s Mistrust of Cops
At a law enforcement conference today, the Attorney General told audiences that he identified with both sides of the Ferguson conflict.
Reporters, law enforcement experts, students, and one lone protester filled New York University School of Law’s Tishman Auditorium Tuesday afternoon to listen to Eric Holder talk about reducing crime and the incarcerated population. The Attorney General was the keynote speaker at an all-day conference held by the law school’s Brennan Center for Justice on “Shifting Law Enforcement Goals to Reduce Mass Incarceration,” to commemorate the center’s release of a new report on that very subject. In the audience, the protester waved a sign that read, “NYU: Stop forcing applicants to disclose criminal history.”
“Although the United States comprises just five percent of the world’s population, we incarcerate almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners,” Holder said, repeating a statistic that was mentioned during both of the panel discussions that took place ahead of his speech.
The costs of these mass incarcerations and “long and unnecessary prison terms,” he said, “have not played a significant role in increasing public safety.”
While insisting that the U.S. “will never stop being vigilant against crime,” Holder noted that “for far too long our system has perpetuated a cycle of criminality,” and said his Department of Justice is dedicated to supporting community-integrated law enforcement programs in states where significant drops in crime have coincided with significant reductions in prison populations.
“I also carry with me the mistrust that some citizens harbor for those who wear the badge.”
“Over the past year, the federal prison population has decreased by 4,800,” he said. “My hope is that we are witnessing the start of a trend that will always accelerate. Clearly criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come.”
“Gone are the days when prosecutors should rely on mandatory minimum sentences,” Holder said, echoing the theme of the conference. “It’s time to shift away from old metrics and embrace a more contemporary and more comprehensive view of what constitutes success.”
Prior to Holder’s speech, U.S. Attorneys, state attorneys general, police chiefs, budget experts and a former head of the NRA participated in panel discussions on changing priorities for federal prosecutors and for broader law enforcement. Like both of the speakers before him, Holder’s talk eventually turned to Ferguson, Missouri—where longstanding tensions between the African American community and law enforcement finally boiled over this summer with the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer.
Holder noted that as a former U.S. Attorney, and the brother of a long-serving police officer, he will always have the utmost respect and support for the men and women in law enforcement. But as an African American man, “who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such action was not warranted, I also carry with me the mistrust that some citizens harbor for those who wear the badge.”
Part of policing justly and fairly in the 21st Century, Holder concluded, is “working to ensure that everyone who comes in contact with the police is treated fairly.”
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