Posted on 08/18/2014 9:12:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Justice Department’s chief peacekeeper is on his way to embattled Ferguson, Mo.
Usually, Grande H. Lum flies under the radar. As head of the department’s Community Relations Service, the Harvard Law School graduate is an experienced mediator, more diplomat than prosecutor. The agency he heads was established under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, with the stated mission to aid communities “in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, color, or national origin which impair the rights of persons in such communities.”
“These officials will continue to convene stakeholders whose cooperation is critical to keeping the peace,” Attorney General Eric Holder said.
It’s a small agency, with an annual budget of about $12 million. As the agency notes in its most recent annual report, its mediators have been involved in some of the hottest disputes in the nation’s history, from the Civil Rights movement to the 2012 Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida.
In 2012, the agency completed 728 cases. “Tensions over hate incidents or crimes” accounted for many of the cases; a total of 67 dealt with “police-community relations.”
In Springfield, Mo., that year, for instance, the mediators presented an “Arab, Muslim, and Sikh Cultural Awareness Program” following a hate incident at a local Islamic Center....
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“Peacekeeping unit” my Aunt Sally’s black cat’s tail end. They are there to meddle.
Oh yeah. Send in an Asian. That’ll really calm them down.
Shooting a violent offender is not one of any disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices based on race, color, or national origin which impair the rights of persons in such communities.
Besides the deep space, the aliens and fascist peacekeepers will make a lot of sense; in a strange sort of way; if you can think democrat.
I thrill at the prospect of the task force beaten and driven out of town by the thugs they go there to coddle.
Similar to the peacekeeping unit dispatched to the Bundy Ranch?
See the consistency, folks?
Yeah, because the love between Asians and blacks is legendary. I saw it myself in Korea where a large young black soldier tried to get a bus ride without paying and the middle-aged driver beat him like a redheaded stepchild.
bttt
Doesn’t the u.n. usually send in “peacekeepers”? Blue helmets in Ferguson and white jeeps with u.n. blue stickers. Woo Hoo. They’ve got another think comin’. :>}
All these Just-us folks are headed to Ferguson to make damn sure we don’t have another Travon.
Holder and his people will see to it.
That would be the frosting on the cake for sure.
Is there anybody else in the country named “Grande”? I picture this guy asking the locals for some camomile tea and cucumber sandwiches at 4 PM or so.
Obama Admin will put their excellent negotiating skills to work ,LOL
Right on target, nice pic...!
Mr. Lum
Assumes facts not in evidence.
But don't let anything as meaningless as "the truth" get in the way of the narrative that Holder and Obama are trying to push.
Wouldn’t that be great? I picture one of them standing there pontificating about peace when he is suddenly hit on the side of the head by a flying brick.
Yes. With Holder at the helm, this will turn even worse.
Getting weary of the constant vomit of lies from the media and this administration.
What’s next, Jimmy Fallon with a parade baton leading New Black Panther band ‘The Roots’ down the street playing their new hit single “Kill Those Waycists and Steal Their Sh**”??
I honestly think we’re entering a stage where mass lootings will become common. Obama has taught them well.
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