Posted on 03/06/2015 6:28:28 PM PST by Steelfish
Holder Says Hes Prepared To Dismantle Ferguson Police Department If Necessary
By Katie Zezima March 6
Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday the Department of Justice is ready to take any and all steps that are needed to reform the Ferguson, Mo., police department, including the potential dismantling of the force.
Speaking to reporters at Andrews Air Force Base after a trip to South Carolina with President Obama, Holder said he was stunned by what the investigation uncovered, and will go to all necessary lengths to address racial bias and other systemic issues within the force. A Department of Justice report released Wednesday showed the police department demonstrated a pattern of racial bias and committed constitutional violations.
"We are prepared to use all the powers that we have, all the power that we have, to ensure that the situation changes there. That means everything from working with them to coming up with an entirely new structure," Holder said. When asked if that included dismantling the department, he said, "If that's what's necessary, we're prepared to do that."
Holder said he was "shocked" -- surprised was "not a strong enough word," he said -- by the number of people who were mistreated by the department, and the breadth of the abuses.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced an additional $30 million in Operation Stonegarden grants to support security initiatives along the Southwest borderfunds that will enhance the Departments capabilities to coordinate with state, local and tribal law enforcement in order to effectively deter violence, enforce immigration laws and combat illegal trafficking.
why is H still in office?
Holder should probably get their families too.
Jemimah Jay Nixon the governor of Missouri.
He was looking for a spot on Obama’s cabinet. The deal had been made but the Ferguson debacle ended any hope it would come to fruition.
A good governor would stop the DOJ in it’s tracks.
Nixon was taking his orders directly from the White Hut on Ferguson concerning deploying the National Guard. The guard was ordered to stay back and let Ferguson burn. Check out the stories from the Oath Keepers.
Nixon was used by the White Hut and will get nothing for it except to be remembered for doing nothing while Ferguson burnt and the feral rats were left to do as they pleased.
I wish him all the worst.
Can the Attorney General do this? This should be a state matter.
well if the state lets him get away with it he can.
The answer is no he doesn’t have the authority but that has rarely stopped FEDZILLA.
The headline of this story tells it all: “Not Just Ferguson: Many Places Facing Federal Policing Reforms.”
We are seeing the Federal Government taking over our police forces around the country. Why is this happening?
How about we take action to dismantle Holder’s Justice Department for being the racist protectorate that it is?
He’s too stupid to leave. Like Obama
Everything they do is an act.
Gubbamint workers at most DMVs have this attitude thang goin on. I do all my renewals online. Don’t think I’ve been to a DMV in seven years or more. It’s a wonderful thing.
“We are seeing the Federal Government taking over our police forces around the country. Why is this happening?”
It is happening because “we the people” are not stopping them yet. It is our duty as citizens, we owe it to our fathers and our children. At some point they (feds) will go to far and things will happen. What will happen? I don’t know.
What should happen is when Eric the red and his team of thugs show up the local sheriff should arrest them. My recommendation is to let your local sheriff know you support rule of law and he is the highest authority in his jurisdiction.
We have been trained by movies to think fedzilla can come in and do what ever they like when in reality the sheriff is in charge.
Support your local law enforcement. Elect solid leaders who will uphold their oaths and protect the Constitution.
Get involved with your local Oath Keepers.
The outcome was foreordained. They have done this elsewhere when an uproar over a police shooting gives them an entry. Then it’s just a matter of cherry-picking evidence to suit their desired conclusion. Andy McCarthy predicted this some time ago.
Yes. I saw McCarthy on Meghan Kelly last night.
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