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Bar Is High for Proving Hate Crime Case Against George Zimmerman, Says AG Eric Holder
ABC News ^ | April 11, 2012 | Jason Ryan

Posted on 04/11/2012 1:09:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Attorney General Eric Holder called the death of Trayvon Martin a “pain no parent should have to endure,” and said that the Justice Department has a high bar to cross to bring a federal hate crime case against George Zimmerman.

“For a federal hate crime, we have to prove the highest standard in the law it is something that was reckless, that was negligent,” Holder said at a news conference. “We have to show that there was a specific intent to do the crime with the requisite state of mind.”

Asked by ABC News’ Pierre Thomas about his reaction to the murder of Martin as a parent, Holder said, “People have reacted to this on a number of levels. I mean as a parent, I reacted to it [as] this is a pain that no parent should have to endure. The notion of having to bury a child is something that is, I think, in some ways for a parent the ultimate pain, so there was that reaction.”

“We also have, I think, a reaction that is based on issues we have faced in this nation over the years. It brings to the surface many of those issues, so there was that reaction as well,” Holder said....

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ericholder; hatecrime; obama; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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Not the country I was born in. Not at all.
1 posted on 04/11/2012 1:09:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But the Chief of Police in Baltimore says there is no evidence of hate crimes in the widely circulated beating of the white tourist by a mob of black ‘youths’.


2 posted on 04/11/2012 1:12:14 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, it looks like this election cycle is going to be all Trayvon, all the time.


3 posted on 04/11/2012 1:12:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hate Eric Holder... is that a crime?


4 posted on 04/11/2012 1:15:08 PM PDT by Third Person
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
US Posts Biggest March Budget Deficit In History.
5 posted on 04/11/2012 1:15:36 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: skeeter

And as my late father - and retired policeman - was wont to say in cases like this, “he probably couldn’t find Mae West in a phone booth...”


6 posted on 04/11/2012 1:16:01 PM PDT by MarineDad (Wherever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits)
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boohoo

its so hard to prove a thought crime... we should make it easier.... waaahhh


7 posted on 04/11/2012 1:16:01 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What does that reptile know about the “highest standard in the law”?


8 posted on 04/11/2012 1:17:27 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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I hate Eric Holder... is that a crime?

Not necessarilty but it is racist.

9 posted on 04/11/2012 1:17:41 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (The United States of America, a banana republic since 1/21/2009)
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The bar may be high but,particularly if Zimmerman's acquitted in FL,I'll wager every nickel I have that our Attorney Corporal will find a way.That is,if he's still working for the government when the time comes to decide.
10 posted on 04/11/2012 1:18:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Jimmy Carter Is No Longer The Worst President To Have Served In My Lifetime.)
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Might be difficult but I’m sure that this shameful excuse for a government will find a way.


11 posted on 04/11/2012 1:19:28 PM PDT by Chainmail
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So Eric, what about border patrol agent Brian Terry?


12 posted on 04/11/2012 1:21:57 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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Go to hell, Holder. You dangerous pandering bastard.


13 posted on 04/11/2012 1:22:31 PM PDT by snarkytart (http://www.freerepubli224%2C1)
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To: MarineDad

lol. By far the best version of that idiom I’ve ever heard...


14 posted on 04/11/2012 1:24:14 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Third Person

Ditto


15 posted on 04/11/2012 1:24:26 PM PDT by geege
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And notice who was right on top of reporting it... ABC


16 posted on 04/11/2012 1:25:58 PM PDT by egfowler3 (Why do I even bother? No one's listening.)
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This just in: Zimmerman will be charged with violating the city noise ordinance by discharging a firearm within city limits!


17 posted on 04/11/2012 1:26:08 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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I’m sure Reverend Eric Holder Wright will find a way to get over that bar if he doesn’t get the unfair trial result in Florida that he wants.


18 posted on 04/11/2012 1:26:27 PM PDT by Cubs Fan (if it weren't for double standards the left wouldn't have any standards at all)
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Maggots on a rotting corpse compare favorably to Reichsnegro Holder.

They at least serve a useful biotic function.

19 posted on 04/11/2012 1:31:17 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Kevin in California

You don’t understand, it’s DIFFERENT when white parents have to bury their child.


20 posted on 04/11/2012 1:34:39 PM PDT by EDINVA
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