Posted on 12/07/2015 10:37:13 AM PST by SkyPilot
Attorney General Loretta Lynch Monday appeared to recalibrate remarks she made last week that suggested the Justice Department could investigate speech deemed hostile towards Muslims.
"Of course, we prosecute deeds and not words," she said at a press conference Monday to announce an unrelated civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department.
Some conservatives criticized Lynch for her comments to a Muslim civil rights group, where she lamented "the ability of people to issue hateful speech of all types from the anonymity of a screen."
Speaking to a Muslim Advocates dinner in Arlington, Va., Lynch affirmed that "this is a country that is based upon free speech." However, she went on to suggest that the Justice Department would "take action" when such speech "edges towards violence, when we see the potential to lift...that mantle of anti-Muslim rhetoric."
First Amendment precedents generally protect speech, even hateful speech, from punishment unless the comments are intended to incite direct action against specific individuals or in a specific place.
Lynch's comments Monday seemed to better capture that balance by focusing on those who might act out, rather than those who may be fomenting trouble.
"We always have a concern when we see the rhetoric rising against any particular group in America, that it might inspire others to violent action — and that violent action is what we would have to deal with," Lynch told journalists at Justice Department headquarters. She also urged Americans "not to give into fear" in the wake of the apparent terrorist attack in California. "So, [what] we're focused on, obviously, is protecting all of the people under the ambit of the Department of Justice."
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Just keep quiet and get lost. You are a despicable person and not competent to handle your present job.
Remember the ‘Kill the cops’ marches in NYC?
> “We always have a concern when we see the rhetoric rising against any particular group in America . . .”
What about individuals? NBP issued death threats against George Zimmerman. They called for his “capture” “dead or alive”. What about THAT?
I thought it said the armpit of the DOJ,which would be more appropriate! The entire Obama administration has been affirmative action!
Have you ever notice the woman for abortion are the ones you dont want to boink anyways
Does anyone know if she herself is a Muslim? Can’t find any info on her “religious” affiliation.
Ah yes I remember when the left targeted the Christian org Operation Rescue. They singled them out using the govt RICO law. That bullying was ok cause the target was Christian!
The Obama administration is living proof that Affirmative Action is nothing more than a feel-good boondoggle.
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I think she and Obama seriously stepped over the line and over reached with their response to this shooting
Either the Democrat leadership or some other highly placed people had a serious discussion with the President to inform him that there are limits to his power and red lines he can’t cross.
I think that Obama and Lynch’s intimidation and coercion of FBI Director Comey pressure him adopt the Obama talking to lie to the American people was the last straw.
Bring it on Lynch.
I want you to be there knocking on my door with a search warrant.
I could use an extra $500M
Not surprised the witch backed down. BTW, there is a lesson here: If enough people stand up, the leftscum WILL back down.
PS, too little, too late, witch...
/and yes, my “b” key is broken — joke
Oh Lynch did the back lash from the American People seem to be to much for you? Do another stupid thing like that and you’ll feel it again....
REALLY?!?!
What about all the hate speech in Chicago, Ferguson, and Baltimore?
What about the hate speech when the lamestream media assumes that every shooter is a white TEA Party Christian?
Blacklivesmatter and LaRaza would not get the press that they do if the Justice Dept. actually meant what they say.
proving these people speak before thinking about the ramifications of their words.....particularly when a former congressman calls them out.
BAM!
Violence with only a little talk. Does that count as hate speech?
Hey, Loretta Lynch: What about Lois Lerner? The disgraced Lerner went well beyond hate speech yet you refuse to take action. Are you too busy investigating possibly bullying in grade school and going after cops?
It’s the Affirmative Action Regime. I’m a faculty advisor to our high school’s “We The People” Constitutional Law class, and those 17 and 18 year old kids know the Constitution better than she does.
If I am not mistaken, didn’t those marches actually end up with some dead cops or a dead cop shot in one of their squad cars?
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