DOJ Unit Helped Manage Anti-Zimmerman Protests
Part of the duties of the little-known Community Relations Service
A division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was deployed to Sanford, Florida in 2012 to provide assistance for anti-George Zimmerman protests, including a rally headlined by activist Al Sharpton, according to newly released documents.
The Community Relations Service (CRS), a unit of DOJ, reported expenses related to its deployment in Sanford to help manage protests between March and April 2012, according to documents obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch.
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We've truly descended into third-world type of buffoonery and lawlessness: And it's quite frightening.
Why should we have a military for defense? This shit isn't worth defending.
Are you fucking kidding me?
The ATF runs guns to foreign criminals, the voting rights department covers up voting rights infringements and attempts to facilitate electoral fraud, the DEA help launder drug money, the FBI runs (fake) terrorist ops. Shit, why is anyone surprised that the CRS foments racial strife? Every day is opposite day at MiniJust.