On his way out the door, Eric Holder race-baits one last time

Hotair ^ | 02/27/2015 | Noah Rothman

[SeekAndFind]

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder just couldn’t help himself.

With his time as the nation’s chief law enforcement official coming to a close, Holder reflected on one of his deepest regrets: Failing to deliver civil rights charges for the variety figures embroiled in racial controversies over the course of his tenure.

When a Florida jury failed to convict George Zimmerman for role in the death of Trayvon Martin, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division opened an investigation to determine whether Zimmerman had violated Martin’s civil rights. It was a response to the outrage displayed by those who were invested in Zimmerman’s guilt, the facts be damned. This week, the DOJ revealed that insufficient evidence existed to charge Zimmerman with civil rights violations. Holder’s response to this development, apparently, is to lament the fact that the burden of proof required to impose criminal charges on American citizens after they have been exonerated by a jury is just too high.

“I think some serious consideration needs to be given to the standard of proof that has to be met before federal involvement is appropriate, and that’s something that I am going to be talking about before I leave office,” Holder said.

It makes sense that this would be a priority for Holder. He’s written a lot of checks to Democratic base supporters regarding civil rights charges that look set to bounce. From cases that have curious outcomes that merit further investigation, like the death of Eric Garner following a confrontation with New York City police, to relatively clear-cut incidents like shooting death of Missouri teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer, Holder has pledged to review whether justice has truly been served.

“Although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions,” Holder said in November of last year while announcing an investigation into Officer Darren Wilson. Apparently, he’s given up on reserving judgment.

But lowering the bar for retributive justice in the United States is not the only legacy Holder hopes to secure. He is also standing by the fact that he, the nation’s most powerful law enforcement official, and Barack Obama, the President of the United States, are victims of persistent racial discrimination.

Via Politico:

In a lengthy discussion ranging from his own exposure to the civil rights movement of the ’60s to today’s controversies surrounding the shootings of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, Holder also acknowledged that he felt some of his own struggles with Republicans in Congress during his six years in office were driven partly by race.

“There have been times when I thought that’s at least a piece of it,” Holder said, adding that “I think that the primary motivator has probably been political in nature … [but] you can’t let it deflect you from … your eyes on the prize.”

In August, when Holder was tapped by the administration to head to Ferguson to defuse some of the racially-charged tensions that erupted following Brown’s death, I noted how inappropriate it was for the White House to draft Holder into the role of racial healer. His penchant for claiming that his and the president’s conservative critics are motivated by racism should disqualify him from serving in that function.

In April, delivering a speech to the annual convention of activist/cable news host Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the U.S. Attorney General denounced the “unprecedented, unwarranted, ugly, and divisive” rhetoric directed at Obama by Republicans. He further suggested that racism motivated some GOP members of the U.S. House of Representatives who questioned him during a committee hearing with particular vigor.

“Look at the way the attorney general of the United States was treated yesterday by a House committee,” Holder remarked. “Had nothing to do with me, what attorney general has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? What president has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment?”

In May, Holder echoed the claims of MSNBC’s “dog whistle” detectors, who derive their job security by being able to decode the veiled racism in words like “apartment” and “golf,” when he said that subtle – nearly undetectable – racism is a greater scourge than overt discrimination. In other words, the kinds of civil rights violations which the Attorney General is empowered to prosecute are of less relevance to America’s minorities than are the coded messages which are inexplicably only decipherable for the audience these Windtalker racists supposedly trying to avoid alerting.

“There’s a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that’s directed at me [and] directed at the president,” Holder said on ABC’s This Week in June when asked about Republican opposition to a Democratic administration. “You know, people talking about taking their country back. … There’s a certain racial component to this for some people. I don’t think this is the thing that is a main driver, but for some there’s a racial animus.”

Holder’s outlook hasn’t changed, and his legacy will be one of limited accomplishment and dubious claims to having been a victim of racial intolerance. According to Politico, the outgoing attorney general’s next chapter will be seeking out a university willing to establish “an Eric Holder Institute for Race and Justice.” It is safe to anticipate that this institute’s work will be long on race and lamentably short on justice.

[rockinqsranch]

I don’t believe for a minute this is the last we’ll be hearing from Holder.

[Da Coyote]

Not so bright, talented, and a leader as he thought he was, eh?

So much for quotas.

Nope, ‘tain’t racisssssssss, it’s da twuth.

The man is a clueless dork.

[molson209]

Whining to the End

[FredZarguna]

The Race Card: don't leave office without it.

[Because Racism® is a registered trademark of Barack 0bama, Eric Holder, The Democrat Party and other assorted scumbags. Used without permission.]

[2ndDivisionVet]

The problem has been the focus on irrelevant arguments – some of which are actually unsupported by the evidence.

1. ‘George Zimmerman (GZ) racially profiled Trayvon Martin (TM)’ There is no evidence of this.

2. ‘GZ disobeyed an order by the police’ * The civilian dispatcher, Sean Noffke, testified that he did not give GZ an order and, in fact, he, like his fellow dispatchers, are trained not make comments that sound like commands. * Noffke also testified under cross that, as a result of his asking GZ which way TM was going, GZ could have reasonably interpreted this as being asked to follow Martin. * It is also not a crime in Florida to disregard a comment made by a civilian dispatcher.

3. ‘GZ got out of his car’ Not a crime on public property and not negligent either.

4. ‘GZ followed TM’ Again, anyone can follow anyone on a public street unless the followee has obtained a restraining order against the follower and even there, the RS only places time, place, and manner restrictions on the person enjoined.

5. ‘GZ wasn’t really injured’ * Under Florida’s self-defense laws, one doesn’t have to be injured AT ALL to use deadly force * No one is required to refrain from defending himself while another is engaged in or attempting to commit a felony.

6. ‘TM is dead through no fault of his own’ * If you believe that TM assaulted GZ, then he IS dead as a result of his own actions.

7. ‘GZ could have left’ * Under Florida law, there is not a duty to withdraw rather than use deadly force * TM was straddling GZ so how the latter was supposed to leave the scene is unanswered.

8. ‘GZ was armed and TM wasn’t’ * One’s fists can be considered weapons and can result in severe bodily harm or death. * GZ was legally carrying a weapon * There is no requirement under the law that the same weapon be used by the assailant * A homeowner can kill an intruder whether or not he has been threatened * Those that attack cannot feign surprise if they are met with superior firepower.

9. ‘Stand Your Ground!’ * SYG is NOT at issue in this trial. * The defense is a classic self-defense case.

10. ‘Black men NEVER get to use SYG!’ * Wrong http://tinyurl.com/nboht35

11. ‘GZ is a man and TM was a boy!’ * As if ‘boys’ don’t commit murder, rape, and assault everyday in this country.

[Argus]

the outgoing attorney general’s next chapter will be seeking out a university willing to establish “an Eric Holder Institute for Race and Justice.”

I'm sure they can find a place for it at the Derek Zoolander School For Kids Who Can't Read Good.

[tioga]

Can’t bring civil rights charges when there was no violation.
Racism is not the evil scourge he promotes it to be. The only racism out there connected with violent crime is black on white crime violating white’s civil rights, but he isn’t interested in that.

[smoothsailing]

The guy holds one of the highest offices in the land and all he can do is complain about how poorly he’s been treated. If he’s looking for pity, where does he expect to find it?

[skeeter]

Yeah but the next time we do he’ll be a nobody without a badge.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Holder makes John Mitchell seem like an All American Hero. At least Mitchell loved America and tried to protect her, not betray her.

If there is a special place in Hell for lawyers, you can be sure that Holder will be in its’ highest chair.

[Lizavetta]

I don’t believe for a minute this is the last we’ll be hearing from Holder.

There's another thread on FR saying he's got a gig at MSNBC.

[Mears]

That MSNBC stuff is a joke...not true.

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[uncitizen]

He waited til the last possible minute to take the heat off of Zimmerman. These people are just so hateful. They just love to exercise their power on regular citizens.

[Palio di Siena]

f u e h and the horse you rode in on.
good riddance.

[A Navy Vet]

"‘GZ disobeyed an order by the police’ * The civilian dispatcher, Sean Noffke, testified that he did not give GZ an order and, in fact, he, like his fellow dispatchers, are trained not make comments that sound like commands. * Noffke also testified under cross that, as a result of his asking GZ which way TM was going, GZ could have reasonably interpreted this as being asked to follow Martin. *"

I must have the timeline or facts confused, but I recall GZ saying "okay" after the dispatcher said he didn't want GZ to follow Martin. Zimmerman than headed back to his car when Martin circled around and came out of the dark to jump GZ. Is this correct?

Holder is gawd-damn racist POS who wouldn't investigate nor prosecute the New Black Pathers with their Gestapo intimidation tactics at a voting location. If there was ever a "civil rights" violation, that was it! The visual proof was undeniable.

[mythenjoseph]

I for one would rather have him stay...he is tainted ...this new lawless wench will be worse....she should NEVER have passed with the opinion on illegals...arrogant broad just like the arrogant kenyan...why? Why allow someone who openly states during conformation hearings that she feels existing law can be ignored is allowed to take the head prosecutor position?....my heart and spirit is weary...traitors and enemies within grow exponentially with no end in sight. keep your powder dry.

[Thank You Rush]

I have the answer. He and obozo can leave the country and join ISIS. They are both misunderstood and have been ill treated in this country.

The only solution - L E A V E!!! The sooner the better...we’ll point the way to the airport!

[Dqban22]

Attorney General Eric Holder Scandals

By Mark Wachtler

AG Eric Holder, the most criminally tainted Attorney General in American history. Image courtesy of TownHall.com

September 28, 2014. Washington. (ONN) When Attorney General Eric Holder announced his retirement this week, many Americans cheered. Few government officials in American history have been tainted by as much corruption, criminal activity and scandal as Eric Holder. A darling of the Clinton and Obama administrations, he was the teflon bureaucrat. Never elected to a single office by the public, Eric Holder used political connections and backroom deals to rise to the highest levels of our government.

The rest of Holder record

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