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Originally Posted by GBBob
If you go, you are damned, if you don't go, you are damned..that's the real point here.
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There is no reason for Eric Holder to be there. There are officer involved shootings every day all over the country. Local authorities investigate and make a determination as to whether the shooting was justified or not. If they determine that the shooting was not justified, then the case is referred to the local DA to determine what charges (if any) should be brought.
Why should this case be any different? There should be an investigation and if they find the shooting was not justified, then refer the case to the local DA. If it appeared that the local authorities including the DA were not doing their job and that a person's civil rights may have been violated, it would be at that time that Eric Holder should come in and look into the case. Why is he there right now?
Two conditions are necessary for civil rights charges to be considered. The first condition is that justice was not served at the local level for whatever reason. There could be several reasons for this. Maybe the local authorities would not do their job or maybe they did do their job but the jury wouldn't convict for whatever reason.
So the first condition necessary for civil rights charges to be considered is that justice was not served at the local level. The second condition necessary is that there is evidence of a racial component to the crime. In this case, at this point, not only is there is no evidence that any crime was committed by the officer, but there is certainly no evidence that the officer shot the guy because he was black. There is no evidence of any racial bias on the part of this officer. This officer actually has a perfect record.
So for Eric Holder to be in Ferguson right now with 40 FBI agents is absurd. It is totally premature. Holder has no business with this case at this point. He has no jurisdiction. He should do what he did with the George Zimmerman case (with a little less meddling). He should stand back and let the local authorities do their job. If he wants to look over their shoulder a little bit to make sure they are doing their job, that is fine. But until and unless the two conditions I mentioned before are met, Holder should not be there and he should stay out of this case.