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October 21, 2016 8:04 am
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Posted on 10/21/2016 7:48:54 AM PDT by SJackson
Despite the Obama administration’s touting itself as the most transparent in history, its Justice Department has stonewalled requests for information about its efforts to combat antisemitism; this stands in stark contrast to its very public talk about fighting anti-Muslim crime.
Readers may remember Rick Santorum telling the audience at a 2015 presidential debate, “There’s [sic] four times as many acts of violence against Jews than there are against Muslims, [but] I never hear the president talk about that.” The statistic is roughly accurate, according to a comparison of the raw numbers of reported hate crimes targeting each community in 2014. It should be noted, however, that the statistics are incomplete. For example, Kansas failed to report three 2014 murders targeting Jews, and many Muslim-based incidents are likely missing as well.
If we accept these numbers, Jews are also significantly more likely to be targeted: there are roughly 10.05 hate crimes per 100,000 Jews, as compared to about 5.37 hate crimes per 100,000 Muslims in the United States, based on Pew Research Center population estimates.
The Federal government has publicly reached out to the Muslim community and made a priority of protecting it from hate crime. A July 2016 web post about a government report entitled “Combating Religious Discrimination Today” referred to Muslims three times (and Jews not at all). In March 2011, the government posted a blog entitled: “Protect the Civil Rights of American Muslims Outreach and Enforcement Efforts.” The government also co-sponsored a 2011 conference at George Washington University exploring how to address the “sharp increase in hate crimes and discrimination against Muslims, Sikhs, Arabs, and South-Asians” post-9/11.
US Attorney Offices for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the Eastern District of Missouri both have outreach programs directed toward the Muslim community. The US Attorney Office for the Eastern District of Michigan has a BRIDGES program that works with the Arab, Muslim and Sikh Communities, and the offices for the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of California have both previously reported outreach efforts to the Muslim community.
While considering these efforts commendable, I wondered if the Federal government had similarly reached out to the Jewish community or expended effort to prevent hate crimes targeting Jews.
In November 2013, I sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Federal office overseeing US Attorney offices around the country. The requests sought information about outreach efforts to Jewish and Muslim communities and efforts to prevent hate crimes against both.
Federal agencies must at least acknowledge FOIA requests within 20 days. The government didn’t acknowledge my requests until April 2014.
In May, the DOJ said it had identified 1,800 responsive pages, which would cost $630 in search/copy costs. I appealed and won the appeal, but never received the documents. In October 2015, I contacted OGIS, a government office that tries to mediate FOIA problems. OGIS assured me I would have the responses by June, then by the first week in October 2016. Both deadlines have passed, and the government still hasn’t responded.
Although President Obama doesn’t directly control FOIA responses, the troubling wait and delay on this matter is connected to his administration.
Why won’t the government provide information about its efforts to prevent hate crimes against Jews and Muslims, or about its outreach efforts to both communities? Is it possible the federal government has done little or nothing to prevent the targeting of Jews, especially compared to its efforts on behalf of the Muslim community, and is embarrassed to admit it? If so, we need to know about it.
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Better, why doesn’t Justice simply enforce laws regarding religious persecution irrespective of religion.
Because muzzards hate Jews and bam won’t annoy his true buddies.
Because they are ruled by antisemitic Muslim Obama and populated by antisemitic Muslims all of whom who hate Jews?
Applying the laws in regards to religious persecution, irrespective of the religion involved, would result in a multitude of demands by fiery radical imams that they are the “most persecuted” of all. Persecuted and shunned by the wider community, not because they were Islamic, but because they were, well, flat-out CRIMINAL types inciting others to violence and demanding application of Shari’ah law, denying the body of law based on the US Constitution.
Almost inevitably, the actual incidences of religious persecution would overwhelmingly be Islamic fanatics turning on just about every other religion out there, and even on the “wrong kind” of Muslims.
All in the name of Shari’ah law.
Application of the law has to be nuanced, doncha see, and the Current Regime has accessed nuances that nobody ever knew existed.
Despite the Obama administration’s touting itself as the most transparent in history …When one touts oneself as something in DC, they are the exact opposite—especially when it comes to transparency. But I guess that younger folk need to learn this, hence it being repeated.
Are you expecting them to be Constitutional or something?
0bama hates Jews? Just guessing here...
Because the Pig in a Pant Suit would go to jail?
Because, although it is stupid and tasteless, it's not illegal?
I loved the cartoon that showed Zero saying, “Transparent means you can’t see it. Doesn’t anybody use a Dictionary anymore?”
Funny enough, so does “opaque”, the correct word in this context (not meaning to dispel the intended humor).
Why not? Mere thoughts and words against other groups of people are, under the “hate crime” and “hate speech” umbrella.
BECAUSE THEY ARE ANTI-SEMITES THEMSELVES..............
Internationally, without question. Probably have to import more of them for it to become a majority here. Interestingly though the FBI tracks crimes motivated by bias in terms of victim and offence, they only track the perpetrator by race. Religion isn't tabulated, nor is ethnicity. Major Hassan probably falls under white, perhaps other. The brothers in Boston, white. You may be right, but we'll never know from the government statistically.
Interesting, I'd think the most important data to collect would be that related to the perpetrator. It's not like law enforcement is charged with tracking down or protecting potential victims. Apprehending criminals is the job. But I guess it's not fair to profile.
Actually the article is referring to the FBI stats, which analyzing the motivation of actual perpetrators of crimes, about 75% of them things like murder, simple and aggravated assault, and vandalism, arson and similar property crimes. Not reclassification of speech. About a quarter relate to intimidation, in a criminal not civil sense, which, as a crime requires threats to person or property.
because with the current bath of turds, they are all - - - - - - - - - - - -.
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