Holder: Focus on Black Panther Case Demeans ‘My People’
- Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:27pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Continuing to face down questions as to why the U.S. Justice Department went easy on prosecuting members of the New Black Panther Party who stood armed with nightsticks outside a Philadelphia polling location during the 2008 presidential election, Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his personal frustration over the criticism that race played a role.
During a hearing of a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, accused Holder’s DOJ of failing to cooperate with a Civil Rights Commission investigation into the decision to dismiss the case. Holder seemed to take personal offense when Culberson read comments from former Democratic activist Bartle Bull condemning the decision as the most serious act of voter intimidation he had witnessed during his career.
“Think about that,” Holder fired back. “When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, to compare what people subjected to that with what happened in Philadelphia, which was inappropriate….to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line for my people,” said Holder, an African American.
“To compare that kind of courage, that kind of action, to say some Black Panther incident is of greater concern to us, historically, I think just flies in the face of history,” the attorney general said.
Earlier in the hearing, Culberson insisted that race had indeed affected the DOJ’s decision-making process, accusing Holder’s agency of having a “double standard” when it comes to the rights of whites vs. blacks.
“This Department of Justice does not enforce the law on the basis of race,” Holder insisted.
Democratic Rep. Chakah Fattah acknowledged that the New Black Panthers “should not have been there,” but the Philadelphia congressman accused the GOP of playing the race card by focusing too much attention on the Black Panther case.
“The most unethical thing a person can do is make allegations based on absolutely nothing,” Fattah said. “The only issue of race is singling out this particular decision…That this rises to national significance is bogus on its face.”
During his Tuesday radio broadcast, conservative host Rush Limbaugh lashed out at Holder for his response to Culberson’s charges, suggesting Holder should take offense to Rep. Charlie Rangel’s claim that abolishing collective bargaining rights is akin to reinstate slavery:






















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miles from nowhere
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:57pmHow in the hell did we end up with tyrannical trash like this in office, We can even get the garbage collector to pick him up he is so rotten
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:41pmHe‘s Obama’s mouthpiece.. Make no mistake, the president and Holder are in lock step when it comes to racial issues.
Report Post »Delta D-5-3
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 11:53pmyep, the DOJ has become a political tool for the dems.
Report Post »Jaybuck
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:35amHolder cries race every time his back is against the wall well it is not hard to see who the racist really is here. The Black Panthers were armed with clubs & should have been arrested & charged with threatened intimidation with a weapon. Can you imagine the shoe being on the other foot with a few whites interfering with the blacks attempting to enter the polling place?
Report Post »Chief_Cabioch
Posted on July 31, 2012 at 11:21pmwe got there because no one vetted these maggots, and when they were vetted, found to be ineligible as in the case for president and it was found obama doesnt meet the requirements for “Natural Born” because the US Supreme Court decided in 1875 that “parents” must be US Citizens, not his father, not his Mother, but BOTH must be US Citizens…..obama isnt now, or ever was qualified for the Presidents position, a HUGE scam has been played on the Americans, and those who refuse to remove him should ALL be removed from office….ALL of them….
Report Post »matt708
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:57pmFattak should be fired to for his trying to pain t the reps as racists
Report Post »Jaybuck
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 6:42amHe should be fired & then arrested for lying & perjury on the Fast & Furious involvements. It is apparent
Report Post »his job is running interference for Barry.
Gypsy One
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:57pmEric needs to GO just like BO. He is a bigot and a racist and he is NOT DOING HIS JOB!!!!!
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:52pmHolder has chosen sides, therefore he should be fired. For him to use the term “my people” is wrong, his job is to serve all the citizens of the U.S., not just “his people” Holder is clearly a dirtbag.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:50pmHolder is right, there is no comparison between this event in Philadelphia and what happened to blacks who fought for their voting rights years ago. But, that said, there is NO EXCUSE for his Justice Department to punt on this obvious voter intimidation case. Holder hasn’t got the POLITICAL COURAGE to act, nor the will.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:48pmMy people? I thought he was the Attny. General of the American people.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:27pmHe once said Americans are cowards. He should know all about cowards. He is too cowardly to be an American. He is afraid HIS people will call him an uncle Tom. What a complete cowardly disgrace to America. This man needs to move to Africa.
Report Post »Touchdown67
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:46pmA few of the homies and some baseball bats would’ve taken care of these fools at the polling place. I don’t understand why this happens everywhere but southern cal? Oh that’s right, bcuz here in socal we are not raised to judge someone by their skin color but by their actions! That‘s why u don’t see the Crap Panther Party even operating in the ghettos of Los Angeles…too many of us Mexicans out here that would beat them back to the east coast!
Report Post »lovebeck
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:45pmYou said it!! This guy needs to go!! Does any one that Obama has on his cabinet have any common sense!! Tell me one person that works for Obama that isn’t a liar, and a racist, and that wants America to sink!! We need people that are held accountable in this world!! Especially if they are going to be running America!! Who voted for this fool!! Wake up people!! You want our country to go down with socialism? Please Americans what and why are we allowing people like this to get away with not protecting our civil rights and our country!! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!
Report Post »Jaybuck
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:10amAbsolutely! every czar every cabinet member every appointee in his administration has the same mind set of Chicago thuggery. They are all far left liberal anti-constitution anti-gun socialistic big government supporters that will say anything but the truth to advance their agenda of sharing the wealth & controlling
Report Post »the populace by his governmental socialist programs.
agro21
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:43pmHey Eric!!! You sir demean We The People!!!
Report Post »NeoKong
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:42pm“This Department of Justice does not enforce the law on the basis of race,”
Apparently not.
Report Post »michael48
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:39pmabsolute B.S…..nothing but reverse RACISM…no different than the Police cuddling the POS wack-job SOCIALIST in WISCONSIN…..good grief..a majority of the country doesn’t drink that kool-aide DEM-WITS…better stick to you DESERVE…and you’re ENTITILED… CRAPOLA, just making dam FOOLS of yourselves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as usual…
Report Post »SUNBURST
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:38pmHey this admin get to pick and choose what they want to defend and what they want to defend.
Report Post »Deplorable.
BrianL
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:38pmSocial Justice anyone?
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:37pmProfessor O‘Barry’s administration is a complete disgrace. Now Holder finally acknowledges his racism.
So much for hope and change. It’s more like same old, same old.
He must be fired.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:37pmHolder demeans “his” people!
Report Post »Upsetcitizen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:37pmwe dont live in the 60s, start doing your job
Report Post »AquaBuddha
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:36pmIs there really any valid reason Holder has ever possessed this job?
Report Post »Hawt'n'Secksie
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:56pmI believe he passed the sniff test portion of the interview with flying colors, given that he smells like noodles.
Report Post »Bob1943
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:06pmPart of Holder‘s his job is to protect Obama’s records from being aquired by anyone. Holder is IMO part of the main line that works to keep the lid on Obama’s ineligibility as much as possible.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:36pmMr Holder
Report Post »With no due respect, are you the Attorney General of ALL Americans or Attorney General of “MY PEOPLE”? You sir are a racist piece of excrement. and should be removed from this job .
BIGJAYINPA
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:35pmHere he goes again, trying to defend the indefensable. What those two did in front of that polling place was wrong and they should have been tried and if convicted punished according to the law. The Law must be colorblind and administered equally for all or it is not law it is opinion and feel good and if the Attorney General has a problem with that we need a new Attorney General.
Report Post »OneFunR6
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:19pmUnder the coming Sharia Law In Amerika, we will ALL be ‘equals’….
Can you spell?
I.N.F.I.D.E.L.S.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:02amOnefun, Not only can I spell Infidel, I’m president of the club !
Report Post »kb1200cc
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:34pmWhen you refer to “my people” Mr Holder. You were referring to the AMERICAN people, Right?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:40pmDarwin’s theory was only half correct. Had he continued his studies, he would have proven the reverse evolution concept. It indicates that some species are reverting backwards. A few of the examples are B.O. and Holder himself. At this rate they should be crawling back to the oceans in less than two years.
Report Post »dd41
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:33pmsounds like racism to me mr. holder
Report Post »SafeguardOurLiberty
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:33pmExcuse me, why is Holder even bringing up something that happened years ago? What in the world has this anything to do with what happened in 2008? What an ass! Are you kidding me? He needs to be fired. Another black with a chip on his shoulder. Get over it!
Report Post »Venom
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:35pmHe is bringing up an issue that people want dealt with.
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:18pmHe has to make sure that white people pay back what they have taken from the black man. Only then can we be considered to have paid for what none of them have lived through. It is their chance to get even for the injustice of the past, plain and simple.
Report Post »We never owned a slave and to be persecuted as though we have can only lead to escalating feelings of resentment and ultimately rage against those who make false acusations.
Blight14
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:21pmAgain, the extremely high cost of affirmative action……in addition, the ‘demeaning of my people’ occurs in most cities on most days and it is self induced…..the blatant disregard for this case is really just the tip of the iceberg……..your ‘peoples’ actions on a day to day basis is logarithmically more demeaning….
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:42pmCan ya say, “social justice”?
>Wee shall over come…..some da…, a, a, a, ay.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:55pmSAFE: This guy is a racist bigot rogue, and there is no place in our government for such a person, especialy in the DOJ. Regardless of his or her color. I`m going to call every elected State and Federal elected politician in my state and let them know how I feel about this rogue. It probably wont do any good but will feel better. THIS GUY HAS TO GO.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:26pmWell, it’s not a historical incident. What it is, is illegal activity that you turned a blind eye to, so you’re a POS Scum sucking guttersnipe.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:32pmMuslim Brotherhood is a secular organization.
Report Post »Black Panthers is not a racist organization.
Baanee Faank looks gorgeous in a 2-piece bikini
13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:38pmYES
YES
Bad taste of vomit in my mouth
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:56pmSorry cheese
No
No
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:01pm@ 13th Imam
Report Post »Don’t worry, as long as you have the baddy bad taste of vomit in your mouth, its all good
:D
beebacksoon
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:06pmcheezwhiz
Report Post »You make a lot of sense. And, isn’t Justice “blind”? Eric Holder is just another Obama cronie. He has no business being America’s legal anything. He, and all the other hand-picked czars Obama appointed (whether it was done with Senate briefing or not) need to get the heck out of our government. We The People didn’t have a say in those appointments. If we had, we’d have shouted from the rooftops…NO!
leftiesaredangerous
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:12pmLOL! Now that’s funny…I hope I don’t have nightmares with Frank in a bikini.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:32pmRacism is wrong no matter what color the offender or offended.
Report Post »Al Gator
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:44pmHolder is a racist pig.
The Clan with a Tan. (Walter Williams)
Oh, and by the way, he is very stupid. Probably an “affirmative action” appointment.
It’s the only way this idiot got through “laww skulz”. Word!
Report Post »ETOOL USMC RECON
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:22pmAL…The Klan with a tan….a great quote from Dr. Williams……I would have given an appendage to have had a post grad class from the fine Doctor!
Report Post »poohbear
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:19pmApparently, Holder has no problem offending everyone else..
Report Post »snidley-whiplash
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:12pmHolder is the jock support for the black panthers. Hold em high Holder
Report Post »psst
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 7:00am@Etool
Report Post »Walter E Williams is a Great American.
Like he said, make sure you include the E as there is another Walter Williams who is a prof in a Left (aka marxist) Coast university.
randy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:30pmHOLDER needs to be fired! And brought up on charges himself.
Report Post »Just shows you that he is an accomplice!
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:41pmto say some Black Panther incident is of greater concern to us, historically, I think just flies in the face of history,” the attorney general said.
Report Post »——————————
I’m sure Holder supports killing “ crackas” and “ cracka babies” too.
DVT
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:42pmHis own racist words Damn him!
Report Post »IntheKnowOG
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:42pmDid any of the commitee members dismiss Holders obvious use of tu quoque as an insult to their intelligence. Coming from a lawyer no less. Perhaps all cases against Christians who murder Italians should be dismissed because of the attrocities commited by the Romans? Logical fallacy, on congressional record, used by the chief prosecutor of this administration. Intellectuals? I think not. Glorified idoits propped up by more idiots in the MSM. That is our enemy. Fight the MSM, win this country back.
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:44pm“This Department of Justice does not enforce the law on the basis of race,” Holder insisted.
Report Post »——————————————–
because Americans are cowards , right Erica ?
Rogue
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:48pmsaying “my people” says it all. Your own color should not come into play when it comes to doing your freaking job! He’s obviously not colorblind when it comes to justice.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:48pmAnd another thing
That Adolph mustache ,,, . what’s up with that?
Hawt'n'Secksie
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:50pmThey’ll never fire him. He smells like noodles and Obama goes for that sorta thing.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:53pmI guess that “Equal justice for all” flew out the window with “his people”. It also means he was complicit in the Black Panther intimidation at the voting booth since they were “his people”, probably acting on his behalf. I think an independent prosecutor needs to take a look, a very close hard look, at Eric Holder on ethics violations, voter intimidation, discrimination and whatever else smells rotten in the Justice Department.
Rogue
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:54pmOh, and someone needs to ask Rep Fattah how many black folks those black panthers were intimidating in front of the polling station. Blaming GOP for playing the race card on a single event – does that mean there has to be a pattern of racist abuse before you can point it out publically? I wish that were the case – the Dems would lose half of thier arguing points in any converstaion.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:54pmIf the AG of USA calls the Black Panthers “ his people ”,
Report Post »what does he call the rest of us ?
HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:56pmYour “people” disgrace their own race, without help from the others. So let me see if I understand…..allowing a mother to beat her chld is okay, because she was beaten once herself…….I think that‘s what you’re saying right? They can’t be prosecuted because they were oppressed once? Hmmmmmm was either man even alive in the 60′s? This generational blame game is for the dogs!
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:57pmHolder is a racist. “His People”….are you kidding me? His people are ALL AMERICANS, not just Black Americans.
Holder is an embarrassment to the Office he holds, but is also just an extension of the embarrassing White House Administration.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:04pmHe is a racist pig
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:10pmIt will never matter what color you are…there is always someone who thinks they are better…just happens to be Obama and his minions at the moment…
Report Post »michael79
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:11pmWhat happened 50 years ago doesn’t mean they get a pass. The nation has (had) come a long , long way in race relations since that period and things like this were not happening.
Report Post »Upsetcitizen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:13pmI think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line for my people,” said Holder ….. My people, Guess that means since I’m white I’m not his people. If I stood outside a polling place in Philly I’d get a near life sentence for intimidation of blacks. It’s called a hate crime Mr. Holder.
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:14pmHas anyone told Holder that this is 2010′s decade? It is because of people like him that we can’t put race behind us in this country. If he would remember that not all the people involved in the 60‘s civil unrest are alive today and not everyone that lived in the 60’s approved of the racism that was going on then.
Who is the racist now Holder?
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:15pmWhat demeans your people is YOU!–Mr. Holder. You supposed to uphold the laws for all Americans equally.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:16pm“I as of anglosaxon heritage reject that I or my forefathers have done anything to people of African descent. The past was just what it was and a lot of things were not as we would have it today. I still reject that I owe anyone anything. We need to look a little deeper and ask the Question, if we as so called white Americans are not responsible for a group of people being an utter failure at living in this society, then what is the reason for their failure.What is wrong with these African Americans. Why are they so destructive to civilized societies. And I hope you don’t like the premise. You make me sick.”
Right on! Well said. If you want reparations then we need to go back to Africa and find which tribe everyone was from. Some tribes enslaved others and sold them to the Europeans. And Sharpton and Jackson and Wright are still stirring the pot. You want discrimination to end? Then pull up your silly pants, tie your shoes, learn to speak fluent English and quit looking for a handout. Some of the best men I know are of African descent and I would charge hell with them. But I am sick and tired of this foolishness.
Holder, we are ALL of one blood. We are all one people. You, sir, are a disgrace to humanity.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:19pmLess than 2 years, less than 2 years, less than 2 years, ……………..
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:23pmTo even put forth the idea that the Black Panthers represent the black people is absurd in itself.
Those two thugs outside the voting place demeans the black people.
You may as well been those people spitting on those kids trying to get into school back in the sixties.
Nobody was standing out there trying to prevent black people from voting.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:28pmWow. “My people.” Kind of says it all…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:30pmSo now it is okay with DOJ to intimidate white people .. isn’t that what he is saying … FIRE HIM .. discrimination or intimidation of anyone is wrong.
Report Post »constitutionparty
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:38pmMy people??? Until this country stops looking at issues with the “My People” vs “Your People” idea there will be problems. Discrimination is wrong no matter which way it is.
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:42pmI think when he said “My People”, he was talking about the anti-american, communist, social justice wanting, ******* baby killing, cowardly americans, not the normal americans. So, I think he is not racist, just a communist, anti-american.
Report Post »Texas_Mom
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:42pmThe AG is suppose to uphold the LAWS for ALL people – NOT JUST ““HIS”” PEOPLE. He needs to be FIRED now! -
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:44pmWho are his god da.ned people?
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:09pmYou have got to be effin shytzen me. Kinda says it all right there, Septin if ya’ll be one o mah peeps…
Report Post »Please God , grant us the strength…
CatB
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:17pmFunny I had the national network news on and this was NOT mentioned .. you think they don’t know? Yes .. neither do I .. imagine if Palin had referred to “my people” meaning whites .. double standard hypocrites.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:19pmThe MSM do not have time for this .. they are covering Charlie Sheen 24/7.
Report Post »nmb7401
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:22pmI so agree with you!!!
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:28pmso if i show up next election dressed as a kkk with a billy club, i won’t be hassled?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:35pm@highcarry
Report Post »Only if you are carrying a Koran with the billy club.
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:35pmHow about we send him to the Nigeria. Let him see what “demeaned” people really look like.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:36pmNow we can be sure! Before this admission we could only speculate about the reason the case was dropped. He has provided the evidence to get himself removed from office. I wonder if anyone in the Administration has the balls to take action against him?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:59pmHolder is proof of racism being alive and well in America, but it ain’t coming from the right.
At least he has the guts to prove how racist he is publicly. Now he should be fired and possibly brought up on charges.
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »obfuscatenot
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:01pm“my people” who the Black Panthers?
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:01pmLast week Holder said he won’t defend D.O.M.A. in the courts anymore, because HE decided the law is unconstitutional. Someone needs to educate that clown about how our system works… the Legislative branch makes the laws, the Executive branch enforces the laws and the Judicial branch decides if laws are unconstitutional. It’s bad enough that Liberals try to make laws from our courts, but now they think they can determine the constitutionality of laws from our White House? What Liberals fail to appreciate is that two can play at their games and they might want to think very hard about the precedent Holder is setting. When Obama gets kicked to the street in 2012, Liberals are going to squeal like stuck pigs when a Conservative Attorney General decides (s)he won’t defend so-called “abortion rights” cases or so-called separation of Church and State cases.
Report Post »mill
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:03pm“my people”…
Report Post »nuf said folks…racism is alive and well in this administration
Free Speech
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:08pmTime to Indict BHO and his co-conspirators on RICO charges in State Court.
http://dewdropwarriors.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:18pmThe “Race Card” is played ONLY by the BLACKS; and they LOVE it. I had a Black with whom I was in a business situation tell my attorney he had not even played the “Black Card” yet. Point in fact, his entire life was “Playing the Black Card”. His “position” in life was, “my people were slaves and by damn YOU WHITES OWE ME”. It turned out he was a LIAR and a THIEF who was a Church Attending “Christian” on Sundays and a “AshaLashelakum” around “Brothers” (other Blacks). I learned that Blackness carries a special GENE. Holder HAS IT!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:18pmHey Sinista
One Question in two parts
1 . ( In 500 words or less ) Should American-African Atty. Gen. Eric Holder have used the term “My People”?
B. ( In one word, Yes or No ) Should American- African Atty Gen. Eric Holder have used the term “My People”/
C . Can I borrow $75.00? Hello? Hello ? Is anyone there??
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:21pmHey Mister Holder, you just negated all those decades of racial equallity that Dr. King worked so hard and died for, to get. OK Mr. Holder lets look at it this way remove race out of the equation and what those two men did was still illegal no matter what color skin, and if you believed in God then it would make what they did worse since they did it knowing it was illegal. They wanted “REVENGE” on the “CRACKERS” in the area so it was their actions that made this a race issue not the voters that might have been intimidated.
OhSuzieQ
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:29pmHell Yea!
Report Post »arx
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:29pmHow DARE you whitey! You criticize me for throwing out a case against two blacks? After what we’ve been through? What me and my people been through makes us above all this!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:31pmI‘m sick and tired of politicians who demand ’whitey’ genuflect to minorities but they can be as racist as they wish. This is a racist comment by a public official working as the U.S. A.G.! for Gods sake!
If Americans aren’t furious over this comment they will sit still for anything.
Report Post »Wartface
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:35pmDr Mr Holder… You are a racist!
I suggest you reread the oath you took when you were sworn into office!
Beside Mr Holder the first person to legally own a slave in the 13 Colonies of what is now the United States… Was a Black man. He won that right in a court of law!
America’s first slave owner WAS BLACK!
From evidence found in the earliest legal documents extant, it is Anthony Johnson, a black man, who we now must recognize as the nation’s first slaveholder. After all, the court battle he eventually won in 1655 to keep John Casor as his servant for life, identifies this unfortunate soul as the first slave in the recorded history of our country. Claiming that he had been imported as an indentured servant, Casor attempted to transfer what he argued was his remaining time of service to Robert Parker, a white, but Johnson insisted that “hee had ye ***** for his life”.
The unfortunate defendant in the court action, John Casor, thus became the first individual known to be legally declared and legally recognized slave by any colonial government.
The court ruled: “seriously consideringe and maturely weighing the premisses, doe fynde that the saide Mr. Robert Parker most unjustly keepeth the said ***** from Anthony Johnson his master….It is therefore the Judgement of the Court and ordered That the said John Casor ***** forthwith returne unto the service of the said master Anthony Johnson, And that mr. Robert Parker make payment of all charges in the suit.”
Antonio Johnson (who later changed his name to Anthony), a black or black-hispanic mixed man, and his future wife Mary, a black woman, were among the very first non-white and non-Native American people to arrive in America. They came by boat to Virginia in 1619, with other blacks and whites, as indentured servants. Upon their release they were given land and eventually became wealthy enough to take on indentured servants of their own. John Casor became one of Anthony Johnson’s indentured servants. In 1665 Anthony and Mary Johnson moved to Maryland to live out the rest of their lives, but not before setting the legal precedent for lifelong slavery of Christians, (mostly white Scots and Irish).It didn’t take long for rich land-owners and politicians to contrive ways to change the focus of slavery from religion to color, and slavery as we generally know it was born.
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:37pmThe regime is a criminal conspiracy to destroy the nation, and should all be tried under RICO laws
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:39pmAdditionally, this fool should be in prison for the crimes he committed while working for Clinton
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:47pm“When you compare what people endured in the South in the 60s to try to get the right to vote for African Americans, to compare what people subjected to that with what happened in Philadelphia … I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line for my people,” said Holder, an African American.”
“My people”? What the hell does THAT mean? This guy is racist and corrupt.
I used to think that when Holder was saying “America is a coward when it comes to discussing racial issues” (paraphrase), that he wanted to actually hammer out the race issue in order to get people to treat one another like people, without regard to skin color.
But it’s clear to me now that Holder believes in Liberation Theology, which is racist on its face. You can’t make restitution to a COLOR anymore than you can hold a COLOR responsible for the mistreatment of INDIVIDUALS. Color doesn‘t determine whether you’re a racist – which is why it is IMPOSSIBLE for racism to be “institutional”! It doesn’t exist in that form! It never has!
Many INDIVIDUALS – who HAPPENED to be white – were raised to believe that blacks ought not be citizens because their ancestors were bought to be slaves. It was wrong of THOSE INDIVIDUALS to think that it was ok to kidnap people from another country, and it was wrong of THOSE INDIVIDUALS to think that it was ok to treat a person as property.
At no point could the blame for what these INDIVIDUALS did be placed on a COLOR. NON-SEQUITUR!
Today, as has been the case for decades, now, CULTURALLY speaking, many black people are taught to, and CHOOSE to, believe that the color of their skin automatically makes them part of a particular culture – a family based on the struggles of their common ancestors.
That’s insane! You’re automatically related to someone in some significant way because you MIGHT have ancestors that suffered the same things? We’re all INDIVIDUALS! I choose my own friends, thank you very much!
Oh, and Holder avoided the issue of the charge of injustice by grading on a curve. You don’t fail to hold the Black Panther thugs accountable because of some unrelated issue. The Department of Justice is corrupt.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:51pmMr. Holder, you are the atty gen of the United States, not just “my people.” Your argument is just as fallacious and disingenuous as that of the DIE(Democrats in Exile) from Wisconsin who crow that they are representing the views of their constituents. If we are to believe that then we must logically assume that they must represent that only 14 districts in the country that are 100% Democratic. Typical Progressive diatripe (being polite), change the subject and attack the questioner.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:00pmYou know what makes “his” people so despicable? All these years they’ve been whining about how poor little Blackie has been getting screwed by evil Whitey. His people don’t want equality, they want to put Whitey in the place where Blackie used to be. They don’t want equality, they want to be the screwers and not the screwees. In reality their goal wasn’t an integrated bus, it was to become the ones who sit at the front of the bus and decide where everyone else sits. Holder, Obama, Jackson, Farrakhan, Sharpton and company are as evil as the most despicable of KKK members.
Report Post »BeardedDog
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:02pmHis people? He owns people? I thought that was abolished!
Report Post »fivebyfive
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:03pmDoes he mean Americans?
Report Post »Scorchem
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:37pmHolder played the Race Card! “My people” means he deliberately didn’t prosecute because he favors one group of people over the other. He needs to be fired and those cases need to be revisited. Holder appears to be a racist and an incompetent AG!
Report Post »fastfwd
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:50pmYes he does ! We sure dont need someone that is supposed to uphold the laws choosing who to go after and who not to go after based on his personal bias !
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:53pmLooks like Holder continues to decide which cases he’ll go after. If it is against yo or I, he fight tooth and nail to get a conviction, but if it is against this administration or friends of such, well….
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the FBI has declined to prosecute in connection with a series of incidents where a man entered Planned Parenthood and claimed to be a pimp operating a sex trafficking ring. Those incidents were later revealed to be part of a video “sting” by the anti-abortion group LiveAction.
“It is my understanding that the FBI actually has looked at that matter” and “prosecution was declined in that matter,” Holder’s commented in a hearing of the House Appropriations subcommittee.
Report Post »bmwrider
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:57pmGlenn Beck, you ignorant hack, how does it feel to know that you’ve lost a third of your viewers in the past few months? Soon enough, America will forget about you and your brainwashed masses.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:39pmMr. Holder, YOU played the race card!
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:54pm“to describe it in those terms I think does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line for my people,” said Holder, an African American.”
Report Post »_____________________
Erick Holder is an AFRICAN…HE IS NOT AN AMERICAN!
Enuff Zenuff
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:01pm.
Who does he mean by “HIs People”? – The racist Black Panthers who intimidated voters in 2008? – or his racist Democrat Party that intimidated voters 50 years ago?
He makes no sense and should be fired.
Report Post »michael79
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:07pm@LTB
“Holder, Obama, Jackson, Farrakhan, Sharpton and company are as evil as the most despicable of KKK members.”
Nail on the head. Give equality, they can’t handle it. They can’t function without being a victim.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:07pmPEOPLE..PEOPLE.. we all know he’s racist..ACTIONS speak louder than words.. and we all saw his actions or rather in action with the panthers.. so why is ANYONE shocked??
Report Post »cnsrvtvj
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:08pmHolder just admitted to the entire country that he views his job as protecting only those that he thinks need protecting. This whole era of Obama is tearing this country apart as we divide more and more with every passing day. Martin Luther King has to be rolling over in his grave.
http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:09pmbmwrider,
Well, well, well, it looks as if Eric Holder himself has shown-up right here at The Blaze. Take your white man hate and stick it where the sun don’t shine.
FYI… I do not hate because you are black. I do not hate because Obama is half black. But I do hate it when you use race as a way to didvide “We The People”.
Someone further up this string mentioned Dr. King and it got me thinking… Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be appalled by Holders comments. He was fighting for equality not just for “his people”, but for everyone no matter their color. Somehow Holder and Obama missed that memo!
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:38pmBarack Obama Needs to be Impeached Now!
A Policy Issues Institute Exclusive by Steve Baldwin
When some people hear that there’s a movement to persuade Congress to impeach President Barack Obama, they often dismiss it as a joke. But it is no longer a laughing matter. With the economy continuing downward and a foreign policy that is making America less safe, the impeachment option must now be seriously considered. Many Americans wrongly assume that to impeach a president, an actual crime needs to be committed. The reality is, however, that our nation’s founders were concerned that America would some day have a president who may not commit an actual crime, but would rather pursue policies so detrimental to America’s interests, that they would cause irreparable damage to the country.
As a result of this concern, our founders inserted language into the Constitution that gave Congress the power to impeach the president for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The term “high crimes and misdemeanors” is an Old English phrase, which, in those days, meant simply “bad behavior,” but can be translated in modern terms to mean incompetent leadership that imperils the country. Indeed, some have interpreted this phrase so broadly that it can mean just about anything. As former president Gerald Ford stated, an impeachable offense is, “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.”
We believe it is necessary to impeach a president if his policies and actions have so endangered and weakened the country, that his removal is essential for the country’s survival. Therefore, with America on the brink of a depression and a President who seems unable to understand the worldwide jihadist threat, we believe impeachment is necessary for the future survival of America.
We also believe impeachment is justified, not just on national security and economic grounds, but also on Constitutional grounds. In numerous areas, Obama has initiated policies that disregard the spirit and intent of Constitutional principles, as envisioned by our founding fathers. Moreover, Obama has appointed to key positions throughout his administration—individuals who flatly disregard the U.S Constitution. Almost all of them refer to themselves as progressives,” or a part of a movement to “progress” America beyond the Constitutional principles we were founded upon and to move America toward the European notion that government is the central force in our lives.
Of course, an impeachment campaign will require creating a massive amount of pressure on the Members of Congress, but the American people are capable of carrying out such an effort. The longer we wait, the more damage Obama and his administration will do to the country. It’s time for the American people to start making their voices heard regarding the impeachment of President Obama.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/28654563/Reasons-to-Impeach-Obama
I do not post this in a lighthearted manner…go to the website listed above and read the breakdown on acts, omissions and offenses believed to have been committed. Honestly, this past week alone we witnessed 4 American citizens murdered by islamic pirates, the Middle East is ablaze and on the brink of total radicalization…AND…the Obamas were gettin’ down with Motown! Come on America, have we lost all pride? This is appropriate leadership? I don’t think so…and neither do you!
Report Post »ManThong
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:59pmFor each egregious assault on the constitution you see in the open, there are certainly a hundred seditious acts this traitorous slimeball commits under the radar.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:02amEric Holder is a racist and a disgrace. As long as he is AG there is know rule of law. His very presence in the position of AG is a violation of most American’s civil rights! His removal from the justice department is a Fourteenth Amendment issue. Period. As long as pinheads like him pick and choose which laws to enforce, we do not have equal protection under the law. REMOVE HIM NOW!
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:14amBaloney holder!!!
Report Post »spikebu
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:21amThis is not a race thing. It’s a religious thing. It’s a thought process thing. “My People” does not mean black. Think outside the box.
Report Post »restore order
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:03amHolder “demeans” my people also. The AMERICAN people.
Report Post »Johnadda
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:26amHe is the US Attorney General. His colour as nothing to do with his position or job description, all americans are the same and he shouldn’t be acting in a racist manner, his job is to uphold the LAW, no matter the colour,sex,or race. It proves that he makes his decisions based on his colour and politcal views. This means he is in breech of his authority and should stand down or Obama should sack him, anything less would be blatant racial biase,
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:04amaha..another racist mullatto that is seeking revenge on the white side in his miserable genes…..
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:20am“My people”?? What does that make the rest of us? Chopped liver?
Nothing like a little frustration to bring out the true intent of some people…
Clearly, this man is not enforcing our laws with a blindfold and a sense of equal justice for all. Eric Holder has exposed himself as a racist and needs to step down.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 7:53amWhat does he mean his people? He’s American…right? The question is can people of all races get a fair shake from a man who views himself as African first and American second. It would say that his words merits his dismissal from the justice department and bars him from serving in any public part of the criminal justice system.
Report Post »Miguelito
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 7:58amHe has been a racist by his words for a long time. He should go, we do not need a US AGAINST THEM attitude!
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 8:19amI agree -he should NEVER have been put in any position of trust. America to Eric Holder the term is JUSTICE not Just US . a racist pickaninny leading DOJ is not blind justice its demeaning to the term
Report Post »JUSTICE.
UPSETVET
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 8:33amIf there was any doubt that the current administration is extremely RACIST, the Attorney General Eric Holder’s response to a committee members question about the Black Panthers leaves no trace or hint of doubt. The AG like the POTUS are African-Americas who are racists in questions of black X white or white x black incidents. AG Eric Holder, who is supposed to be unprejudiced in the performance of his duty as the senior law inforcement officer in America and equally represent all races of American citizens, has chosen instead to favor “ his people ”, meaning other African-Americans.
Let’s suposed for a moment the AG of the USA was white and made the statement that his priority was the support of “ his people ” (white Americans) what would be the black community’s reaction? Well, the word, “outraged” wouldn‘t begin to describe the black community’s reaction and it’s response would be immediate calling for his resignation or firing.
The AG tried to use racism and past predjudice that was present in the Southern USA to justify his response. The Black Panthers with clubs in their hands at a voting place wasn’t sufficent grounds to prosecute them., in his opinion. What if the Klu Klux Klan had been present with clubs in their hands, would that have been sufficint grounds to prosecute them. Absolutely.
The current adminstration has clearly shown it‘s double standard in it’s handling of certain events and persons. How can congress and the senate overlook such an abuse of power perpetrated by Attorney General Holder ? What we have at the present is a President and an Attorney General who cover each other’s back. HOw can this country operate the way it was set up to do when the highest positioin of authority and superior law enforcement officer are racist who make decisions that favor their personal race. Obama should go and Holder has to go, now.
Report Post »indy1
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:01amHow predictable that Holder plays the race card when cornered.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:09amIf this does not show how racist this administration is I really can’t imagine what it would take.
I can‘t wait tell Michelle Obama can’t hold her mouth any longer and say’s what she is feeling about now,you will hear true hate and racism at it’s best and most pure.
Report Post »Ken
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:25amI bet if they was “White Panthers,” Holder woulda hung them by their nuts!!!
Report Post »Brushjumper
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 9:59amThe failed president and Holder will be fired in 2012 – everyone stay strong and stand your ground for America and NOT radical progressives as they are for sure.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 10:00amYou bet your sweet arse that if this were KKK members he would be all over it
Report Post »Thirdeye
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 10:03amAll good when the shoe was on the other foot!!!
Report Post »ForgivenWretch
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 10:30amSo, The Black Panther’s are “his people”? He is as racist as they, especially since he covers for them. Justice is supposed to be blind. Scary to think the head of the JUSTICE Dept isn’t not blind but sees in color. If the skin colors were reversed I would expect full prosecution, which I‘m sure he wouldn’t hesitate. So, it should hold true here as well that prosecution would be expected. He has revealed his hand; Eric Holder is a racist and needs to be fired.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 10:31amFor one thing QUIT calling them African-Americans. It’s a stupid label. What if a white South African legally immigrated to the US, would you call HIM an African-American? No.
Report Post »I’m sure Holder has some white in his family tree somewhere, unless he taking the Michael Jackson treatments. “My People,” pfffft. Racist.
Ironeagle
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 11:07amHolder should be removed for failure to uphold the law. That won’t happen unless Obama is impeached for failure to uphold the Constitution … he’s doing exactly what Obama wants: “social justice” over equal justice.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 11:50amEric Holder
Take you social justice pap and stick it up your butt!
This country is based NOT on “my people” but “all Americans” that You as Atourney General are sworn to protect. Either do YOUR JOB or get the hell out of Dodge!
I thought after electing Obama we were supporsed to become a color blind nation! What’s it going to take A*hole!
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:12pmWhy is this NOT being shown on every News program in the country. The Unites States Attorney General has come out and publicly stated he is a racist. THIS IS BIG NEWS!!!
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:34pmWhat about the fact that Holder has a conflict of interest in this case? Wouldn’t a judge or attorney be expected to recuse him/herself?
Report Post »ILUVJESUS
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 12:53pmHow do you get him reported for treason.
Report Post »NomoObama
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 1:04pmHe‘s supposed to apply the law equally and that’s what he supposedly wants for “his” people. But he obviously looks at some people as “his” and that leaves the rest of us as not “his”. I think he’s biased. I think his assss needs to go. What a freaking joke this pres and his regime is.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 2:16pmRacist pee-pee stick.
Report Post »middle class guy
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:56pmHolder could show how his DOJ is not biased by giving statistics of how many cases of discrimination by minorities and failure (never refusal) to enforce laws in a way that levels the playing field by applying laws more leniently with regard to acts of minorities he has prosecuted. Before increasing the funding for the DOJ, he should be required to do so.
Report Post »About demeaning “his people,” was he referring to a specific racial group or over 300 million Americans of all races?
macpappy
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 11:48pm@Trolltrainer:
Holder, we are ALL of one blood. We are all one people. You, sir, are a disgrace to humanity
I think I know what you were trying to say…but please, we are not all of one blood, and we are not all one people. We are individuals, of many bloodlines, governed by one law in one nation. Supposedly.
Report Post »He is a disgrace however, if not to humanity, then to his office.
colonial10
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 2:37amOkay, let’s take a couple of white fellas and have them stand outside a black community, (Tea Party) and have them intimidate the black community( with clubs). I wonder how many of them would be in jail within minutes especially if they commented on killing African American babies? There are criminals of all races. Giving these Black Panthers a free pass is definitely racist. I wouldn’t show up like they did because I know what the law is.
Report Post »I CHOOSE THE RED PILL MR PRESIDENT
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 4:56amWait… Is he saying he didn’t prosecute on the basis of skin color???
Report Post »jhonjhonson1
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 7:26amYou know what “demeans my people”? All these afro-americans destroying this country!
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 8:05amWe are seeing the new real danger to the American public when the Attorney General of all Americans refuses to NOT keep all Americans safe, but only those he choses to protect! I guess we now see real racism at work in the Obama administration! This says it is okay for intimidation to take place at the polls! What an embarrassment to the Obama administration as it proves what many Americans have been saying since this man took office! THE CONSTITUION DOESN’T APPLY TO THEM AS IT IS “A PESKY PIECE OF PAPER” they don’t like! GET OVER IT OR GET OUT OF OFFICE!
Report Post »Curioso
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 9:24amI thought his people were Americans. So he thinks that people of color are not American but something else and that the law of the land does not apply to people of color. My MY how far we have progressed.
Report Post »“Hope and Change” how is that working out. We get what we deserve by being lax citizens and not listening to what our politicians say. I was always told that you could judge People by the people they run with and by what they say, not what somebody else tells you they said. In their own words.
americathebankrupt
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 10:39amWhen the attorney general can obstruct justice.And Congres does nothing.Its a sad day.Richard Nixon is rolling in his grave
Report Post »timeisnow
Posted on March 3, 2011 at 11:21amHolder is pulling the race card Alinsky Dance on congress. I hope they dont fall for his spin on the meaning of intimidation by the black panther thugs
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