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Holder Weighs Dismantling the Ferguson Police Dept.
The New York Times ^ | 6 March 15 | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑAMARCH

Posted on 03/08/2015 1:55:02 PM PDT by SkyPilot

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. vowed a firm response on Friday to what he called “appalling” racial misconduct by law enforcement officials in Ferguson, Mo., suggesting he was prepared to seek the dismantling of the police force there if necessary.

“We are prepared to use all the powers that we have, all the power that we have, to ensure that the situation changes there,” Mr. Holder told reporters here after returning from Columbia, S.C., where he appeared with President Obama at a town hall-style meeting at Benedict College. “That means everything from working with them to coming up with an entirely new structure.”

Asked if that included dismantling the police force, Mr. Holder said: “If that’s what’s necessary, we’re prepared to do that.”

His remarks came after two police supervisors in Ferguson resigned after being linked to racist emails turned up by a Justice Department investigation.

The two supervisors, Capt. Rick Henke and Sgt. William Mudd, left the force on Thursday, the city’s information office said Friday. A third employee, Mary Ann Twitty, clerk of the Municipal Court, was fired on Wednesday for her role in the emails.

Officials did not say whether any of the three actually wrote the emails, or whether other employees were involved in writing or forwarding them.

Captain Henke had been with the Ferguson Police Department since 1979, and was acting police chief for several months in 1997 and 1998. Last fall, he led a “night muster” formation of officers from other departments assigned to protect Ferguson’s Police Headquarters.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blackcrime; deptofinjustice; ericholder; ferguson; holder; impeachnow; lawless; missouri; obama; obamalaw; police
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To: SkyPilot; All

Noting that the only race-based issue that the states have delegated to the feds the specific constitutional power to regulate is voting rights, such protection evidenced by the 15th Amendment, Holder has no constitutional authority to do anything to any local police department imo. So maybe Holder’s payoff is winning votes for Democrats from low-information voters who don’t understand the federal government’s constitutionally limited powers.


21 posted on 03/08/2015 2:22:41 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: SkyPilot

Since when does the Justice Department have the authority to shut down a municipal police department?


22 posted on 03/08/2015 2:24:10 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: SkyPilot


23 posted on 03/08/2015 2:28:13 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: SkyPilot

His invading troops should be met by the National Guard.

The federal government has no power to do this. If it thinks it does, it is wrong. If there is a law saying it can do this, it is unconstitutional.

It seems the Federal government is about to start CW2.


24 posted on 03/08/2015 2:32:41 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: SkyPilot

Holder, Al Sharpton, Jessie, and their pals are the racists.


25 posted on 03/08/2015 2:33:22 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: SkyPilot
“We are prepared to use all the powers that we have, all the power that we have, to ensure that the situation changes there,” Mr. Holder told reporters here...

This delusional power-hungry fool is truly out of hand.
Has there ever been an Attorney General in U.S. history as corrupt, transparently racist and unabashed as this one? If the answer is "yes," how much damage did he achieve? And how did the sane citizens of the U.S. "deal" with it?

26 posted on 03/08/2015 2:37:12 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: SkyPilot

27 posted on 03/08/2015 2:39:05 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: SkyPilot

So which enumerated power might Holder use to invade a town?


28 posted on 03/08/2015 2:39:22 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Not deniablse = Not falsifiable = Not science = Not even wrong.)
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To: CaptainAmiigaf

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

Barack Obama


29 posted on 03/08/2015 2:41:14 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: SkyPilot

One thing I Know is, I can’t respond to this Racist Maniac Holder and The Pinocchio we have in the White House.
I was raised on the west side of New York city in the mid 90’S and it was wonderful. I am now 80 years old and I wouldn’t walk or drive those neighborhoods that I was raised in. Both Holder and Obama couldn’t run a Cat House.
What a disgrace, caused by only 2 People and their many Acolytes


30 posted on 03/08/2015 2:43:21 PM PDT by chatham
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To: SkyPilot

Why stop there? Why not just get it over with and declare marshal law? After all, I’m sure “it’s for the chil’ren.”
/s


31 posted on 03/08/2015 2:47:37 PM PDT by Bo1988
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To: SkyPilot

It would serve the whiners in Ferguson right if all the cops found another job, walked away and maybe filed a lawsuit against Holder, the city or whomever for creating a hostile work environment. The whiners complaint is that the cops are not Black-well, so let the city find qualified Black applicants to hire and train, and see how that works out...


32 posted on 03/08/2015 2:48:58 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Bushbacker1

At the very least, I’d like to see the Oath Keepers stand up to the Feds if they try nationalizing local police forces.


33 posted on 03/08/2015 2:50:02 PM PDT by hdbc (FUBO)
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To: Bushbacker1

Until that happens they will continue to ride roughshod over the people.

It’s time for the government to fear the people, just as the Foundesr intended.


34 posted on 03/08/2015 3:00:54 PM PDT by clintonh8r (ISIS IS ISlam/Christian lives matter!)
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To: SkyPilot
Is this guy ever going to leave?

Talk about long goodbyes!

35 posted on 03/08/2015 3:03:59 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: SkyPilot

No authority. Where is the Democrat governor Nixon? Soiling himself, or being an ADULT?


36 posted on 03/08/2015 3:08:11 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SkyPilot

Oh, really?

I’ll bring the popcorn.


37 posted on 03/08/2015 3:10:51 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: null and void

That’ll end well.........


38 posted on 03/08/2015 3:15:37 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: SkyPilot
And AG Holder has the authority from where to do this? It's not in the Constitution so I assume holder made it up in his own mind.

He has NO authority to do this and the people of Missouri are just going to roll over for this petty little tyrant?

If I was the county sheriff, I'd tell Holder to send is bunch of DoJ thugs to Ferguson and see how fast they are arrested, processed, and thrown into cells on bread and water. If Holder was a real leader, he'd come to Ferguson to see the job was done correctly — including the part where the sheriff locks his sorry ass in a cell.

39 posted on 03/08/2015 3:18:18 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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To: faithhopecharity

As of 1865, the Federal Government has had the power to do whatever it wants.


40 posted on 03/08/2015 3:19:47 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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