Ferguson police execute an unarmed 17 yr old boy (Update: Ferguson police chief to resign 3/19)
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CLASHES IN FERGUSON
09.23.14
Eric Holder: I Identify With Ferguson’s Mistrust of Cops
At a law enforcement conference today, the Attorney General told audiences that he identified with both sides of the Ferguson conflict.
Reporters, law enforcement experts, students, and one lone protester filled New York University School of Law’s Tishman Auditorium Tuesday afternoon to listen to Eric Holder talk about reducing crime and the incarcerated population. The Attorney General was the keynote speaker at an all-day conference held by the law school’s Brennan Center for Justice on “Shifting Law Enforcement Goals to Reduce Mass Incarceration,” to commemorate the center’s release of a new report on that very subject. In the audience, the protester waved a sign that read, “NYU: Stop forcing applicants to disclose criminal history.”
“Although the United States comprises just five percent of the world’s population, we incarcerate almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners,” Holder said, repeating a statistic that was mentioned during both of the panel discussions that took place ahead of his speech.
The costs of these mass incarcerations and “long and unnecessary prison terms,” he said, “have not played a significant role in increasing public safety.”
While insisting that the U.S. “will never stop being vigilant against crime,” Holder noted that “for far too long our system has perpetuated a cycle of criminality,” and said his Department of Justice is dedicated to supporting community-integrated law enforcement programs in states where significant drops in crime have coincided with significant reductions in prison populations.
“I also carry with me the mistrust that some citizens harbor for those who wear the badge.”
“Over the past year, the federal prison population has decreased by 4,800,” he said. “My hope is that we are witnessing the start of a trend that will always accelerate. Clearly criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come.”
“Gone are the days when prosecutors should rely on mandatory minimum sentences,” Holder said, echoing the theme of the conference. “It’s time to shift away from old metrics and embrace a more contemporary and more comprehensive view of what constitutes success.”
Prior to Holder’s speech, U.S. Attorneys, state attorneys general, police chiefs, budget experts and a former head of the NRA participated in panel discussions on changing priorities for federal prosecutors and for broader law enforcement. Like both of the speakers before him, Holder’s talk eventually turned to Ferguson, Missouri—where longstanding tensions between the African American community and law enforcement finally boiled over this summer with the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer.
Holder noted that as a former U.S. Attorney, and the brother of a long-serving police officer, he will always have the utmost respect and support for the men and women in law enforcement. But as an African American man, “who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such action was not warranted, I also carry with me the mistrust that some citizens harbor for those who wear the badge.”
Part of policing justly and fairly in the 21st Century, Holder concluded, is “working to ensure that everyone who comes in contact with the police is treated fairly.”
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Sept. 25
- Protesters respond to 18 “misconceptions”
- Q&A with Bob McCulloch on grand jury.McCulloch says grand jury may make a decision by NOVEMBER.
- STL Police Chief, Jon Belmar, tells of lessons learned in Ferguson
- Obama acknowledges Ferguson was an international embarrassment. dikk Cheney rips Obama for mentioning Ferguson.
- Young adults view the criminal justice system very differently after Ferguson
- Ferguson residents give feds an earful about police harassment
- More on MO Highway Patrol press conference (x)
- 5 people who are not helping race relations in 2014
- Tear Gas 101
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Sept. 25(Part 2)
- Ferguson police chief apologizes to Mike Brown’s parents and peaceful protesters…. 48 days after Mike Brown was murdered (Apology video)
- Eric Holder to step down as Attorney General
- STL is 6th most segregated region in US
- McCulloch on his critics, legal process and possible charges in Mike Brown case
- STL Co. police chief defends use of sniper rifles, tear gas, at Ferguson protests but calls them “provocative”
- DOJ addresses STL Co. residents on Ferguson (live stream) Seeks input on Ferguson police
Nikka just trying to calm the inevitable shyt storm thats gona happen when those wicked cacs let that fakkit go free
loyola llothta
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Nefflum nigga
Bred from insolence
holder resigned?
Yeah, its normal though, he is the 3rd longest standing AGholder resigned?
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holder resigned?
Treachery is afoot kinfolk......
it's almost like he saw or heard something
he couldnt stomach.
I may be done with Obama.
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"Good" Cops
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Johnson is a super slave to the white system.
fukk that sell out nikka.
his next statement: I got a text from my son who bumps little wayne
and young thug.
my son asked me:dad why were those cops wearing those bracelets?
I replied:we gotta look to God and forgive everything.....
my son replied:you are truely a man of God dad.
fukk that nikka and his bullshyt.
Nefflum nigga
Bred from insolence
Treachery is afoot kinfolk......
it's almost like he saw or heard something
he couldnt stomach.
I may be done with Obama.
same thing I was thinkin...i woulda just said fukk it at first, but then I seen the ferguson chief of police issue that weak ass apology today....
somethin ain't right