Ferguson protesters take to the streets in August.
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Perhaps the reason for increased civil rights investigations by the Dept. of Justice is to divert attention from the many lawless scandals of the White House including the Dept. of Justice.
[From article]
The DOJ’s Community Relations Service arrived in Ferguson purportedly to lessen the tension between protesters and city officials. But sources who attended the DOJ’s private gatherings with Ferguson residents tell NRO that the Justice Department also sought to educate and question the community about the issues of white privilege and racism. The political nature of the Justice Department’s intervention in Ferguson may not be exclusive to its interactions with residents; it also might have affected its ongoing investigations into the Ferguson Police Department and officer Darren Wilson.
As investigators combed through Ferguson, DOJ’s Community Relations Service began holding the town-hall meetings, which excluded press and everyone from out of town. Ferguson resident Audrey Watson, 47, attended one of the meetings. She says federal officials organized the attendees into small groups and asked questions such as “What stereotypes exist in our community?” “How does white privilege impact race relations in our community?” and “Is there a need for personal commitment to race relations?”
[. . .]
Perhaps it’s time the Justice Department stopped igniting fires and started putting them out.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/394165/department-social-justice-ryan-lovelace
DECEMBER 8, 2014 4:00 AM
The Department of Social Justice
Federal officials lectured Ferguson residents about “white privilege.”
By Ryan Lovelace
Perhaps the reason for increased civil rights investigations by the Dept. of Justice is to divert attention from the many lawless scandals of the White House including the Dept. of Justice.
[From article]
The DOJ’s Community Relations Service arrived in Ferguson purportedly to lessen the tension between protesters and city officials. But sources who attended the DOJ’s private gatherings with Ferguson residents tell NRO that the Justice Department also sought to educate and question the community about the issues of white privilege and racism. The political nature of the Justice Department’s intervention in Ferguson may not be exclusive to its interactions with residents; it also might have affected its ongoing investigations into the Ferguson Police Department and officer Darren Wilson.
As investigators combed through Ferguson, DOJ’s Community Relations Service began holding the town-hall meetings, which excluded press and everyone from out of town. Ferguson resident Audrey Watson, 47, attended one of the meetings. She says federal officials organized the attendees into small groups and asked questions such as “What stereotypes exist in our community?” “How does white privilege impact race relations in our community?” and “Is there a need for personal commitment to race relations?”
[. . .]
Perhaps it’s time the Justice Department stopped igniting fires and started putting them out.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/394165/department-social-justice-ryan-lovelace
DECEMBER 8, 2014 4:00 AM
The Department of Social Justice
Federal officials lectured Ferguson residents about “white privilege.”
By Ryan Lovelace
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