Holder Says He Understands Mistrust of Police
But doesn't understand mistrust of government?
Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that he understands why many black Americans distrust the police as he made a one-day swing through the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., where a black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer almost two weeks earlier.
Holder made the comments during a meeting with about 50 community leaders at the Florissant campus of St. Louis Community College in which he heard about their own issues with law enforcement officials.
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Holder is the most racist Attorney General in the history of the United States.
I love how he said he was outraged to get pulled over when he was a US attorney...you know, because there's no way a US attorney could ever do something illegal.
Ahem.
Did he also state that he understands why people might not trust him, personally? Cough, Fast & Furious, cough.