Holder Reassures Muslims of DOJ’s Anti-Bias Focus
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MILLBRAE, Calif. (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated his resolve to prosecute hate crimes while standing behind the methods used in anti-terrorism cases during a speech Friday night before a Muslim advocacy group near San Francisco.
Speaking to Muslim Advocates, a San Francisco-based group, Holder told the group that he’s heard from many Muslim and Arab Americans who feel uneasy and singled out by law enforcement.
The organization is one of several groups voicing concerns over hate crimes, alleged rights violations at the hands of law enforcement and the tactics used in anti-terrorism cases.
Carefully-crafted sting operations by FBI and Justice Department officials have included plots against a Portland, Ore., Christmas celebration, Dallas skyscrapers, Washington subways, a Chicago nightclub and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Undercover operatives in these cases have let suspects make clear they wanted to carry out an attack and gave them a chance to change their mind, according to authorities.
But Holder told the group he would make “no apologies” for the handling of the case against Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born Muslim accused of plotting to set off a bomb in Oregon.
“Those who characterize the FBI’s activities in this case as “entrapment” simply do not have their facts straight or do not have a full understanding of the law.”
In that case, Mohamud has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. After his arrest, someone set fire to an Islamic center where he occasionally worshipped.
Critics have called the stings entrapment of people who otherwise couldn’t have carried out an attack and said the government has been enticing Muslims into terrorism.
“We have very serious concerns about FBI surveillance tactics that are used. We believe that law enforcement has an important job to protect us as a country but they should do so mindful of the rules of justice and fairness that are at the core of our criminal justice system,” said Muslim Advocates executive director Farhana Khera, who invited Holder to speak to the group.
Despite the differences of opinion, Holder received strong applause and a standing ovation. Attendees said they felt reassured by his remarks on protecting the civil liberties of Muslim Americans.
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Comments (143)
spendthrift
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:02pmHow about reassuring Americans we are safe from Muslims?
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:54pmso true
Report Post »bigdaddybernie
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:00pmSteadman……….er…I mean HOLDER should profile ISLAMICS until they change their oil .
Report Post »irishman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:59amThats okay everyone..After 2012 the AG will be standing on the corner of some run down neighborhood in Washington trying to earn a living as nothing more than a pencil HOLDER.
Report Post »squeaker
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:58amAhhh come on little sheet heads…. no hard feelings for terrorism —– “Free Flying Lessons” for all…!!! Take off that is… no landing lessons………….!
Report Post »Toodumtu
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:57amWe all need to have pigs as pets, take em everywhere we go.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:31pmSounds like a GREAT idea! Which congressman do you want for your pet!
Report Post »irishman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:54amI have a feeling in the next couple of years you are going to see a few investigations into the likes of Holder,Van Jones,Valerie Jarrod and so on…LET THE PURGE BEGIN!!!
Report Post »CarolinaGirl
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 8:59pmAmen! Amen!
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:52amOf course you are all anti-biased toward Muslims, and communists, progressives, radicals, crooks, thieving government leaders, etc. What the DOI (Department of Injustice) is biased against is Republicans, consevatives, Beck, Hannity, and THE AMERICAN WAY among others!
Report Post »irishman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:50amIn January the renovation of the House of Representatives will be airing on the HGTV network.The installation of urinals will be the highlight of the show.The fact that the majority no longer squat to piss warrants the expence.
Report Post »red penny
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:49amI guess Holder is an useful idiot for he is one sorry ass excuse of an “AG” If the so called peace loving ragheads among us stood up together and condemned radical Islam it would be a step in the right direction.Maybe I missed it but I haven’t heard of that happening and until it does I will continue to distrust all of the muslim faith and dis their faux religion.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:47amThe Muslims that make up this admin’s base have already bailed,even they are not dumb enough to stand behind an admin that has become compleat fools in the eyes of the world and the rest of there base(the idiots that they are).
Report Post »Thighmaster
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:44amI love sting operations! Wouldn’t it be great if they used them to weed out dishonest politicians and cops. No wait, then it’s bribery….
Report Post »Paul_Kersey
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:42amEric Holder is a jack wagon. The Muslims have nothing to worry about. He is laser focused on prosecuting the New Black Panthers. Just sayin!
Report Post »Tundra4x4
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:37amA black AG, who appear to be a muslim, appointed and working for a black president (I use that term vary loosely) who is know to be a muslim, speaking before a “religion” who’s teachings include the destruction of all non-believers. Right!!!!! Thousands of years of history as proof in actions, this bunch wants to hide behind the guise of a peace-loving group. I guess, “Hell has frozen over.”
Report Post »Dale
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:25am“But Holder told the group he would make “no apologies” for the handling of the case against Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born Muslim accused of plotting to set off a bomb in Oregon.” I’m not surprised, he make no apologies to anyone. This guy‘s arrogance is second only to obomba’s.
Report Post »irishman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:25amThis country is in serious trouble when you have the likes of Holder in a postion of such power.In the early nineteenth century people with the beliefs and mind set of Holder would still be cowering in the closet let alone holding a prominent government postion.In 2012 the people of the United States of America need to wield a huge voting can of RAID and rid the government of the destructive infestation called the Obummer administration and anyone else with a seditious thought.America can be great in the eyes of the world once again.The flushing of the TOILET OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS is an absolute nessessity in order to begin the purge.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:22amWhy is America even tolerating this kind of action?
Hey, Islam…we will stop targeting you when you stop trying to blow up America. Deal?
Otherwise, suck it up and deal with it. We are not targeting innocent people here. We are targeting those who want to blow up people.
If you don’t like it, you have the freedom to return to whatever sand-blasted nation you came from. Feel free to return at any time.
Report Post »psykeskaos
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:33amTouche~ and they do go back home, after attending our Universities, living the life of an American and then they become Usama Bin Laden…
Report Post »When you become a citizen you are sworn in by pledging to uphold the Laws of this nation granted by the Constitution.
Holder’s policies seem to look more like Treason to me.. and as far as I am concerned, those who committed the attacks on 9/11 should have had the Death Penalty and done within the year as well as any other terrorist, ie Ft. Hood.
booger71
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:07amThe Christian bias though will continue, full steam ahead
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:58amWell I am sure he is…….right along with his muslim friend Obama. Amazing how this administration is always grabbing their ankles for the Muslims.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:06amI agree.. they are both Muslims.. the key to understanding their motivation is the fact that they hide this .. hmmmm.. guilty by implication.. if you have nothing to hide you don’t need to hide anything.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 4:51pmThats likely the only thing that Holder has EVER said that is the truth!
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:55amMuslims cannot be citizens of the country in which they reside. Muslims are in America for one reason and one reason only: to engage in Jihad in an effort to spread Islam in praise of their deity Allah as instructed by their warlord leader, Mohammed.
They are an enemy army engaged in open warfare in order to destroy our culture and replace with Islamic culture. They are not here to participate on American culture, they are here to undermine and kill it. To kill as many of us as they can.
They have been doing this crap for 1,400 years! There’s a pattern to their conquest, It is not a Western pattern and does not adhere to Western sensibilities. It is alien and foreign to our culture. Do not eat the Islamic lie. Spit it out!
Insipid
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:04amWell said
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:19amHere, here.
Report Post »irishman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:40amThe question always being asked is Why don’t the peaceful Muslims speak up and denounce the radicals..Well its like the aggressive condors flying down and feeding on the carcass of America…if nothing happens the quiet ones will join in on the feeding frienzy.
Report Post »Nvrforget
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:26pm“Why don’t the peaceful Muslims speak up and denounce the radicals.”
They do, and they do so often. Fox news and Glenn Beck just don’t report on it.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=muslims+speaking+out+against+terrorism
Or are they all just lying?
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:34pmAnd we have a President and people surrounding him more than willing to aid and abed the conquest.
Report Post »Would someone tell me WHY we continue to fawn and slobber all over the very ones who want us dead and our beliefs stomped out? I cannot wrap my head around that. We need to turn to God, repent, and start praying for this great land to be healed.
Diamondback
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:53amSomebody needs to put Mr. Holder out of our misery – soon!
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:01amperhaps a well placed Diamondback..hehehe
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:18amI assure you IF THE SHTF and this country does devolve into some kind of insurrection that requires the citizenry to take up arms against the communist infiltrators of our government, Holder WILL BE a priority, high-value target along with all the other communist operatives in the Obamao Admin and Congress. And yes, in that scenario, I’d be honored to be assigned to the team charged with bringing him in or taking him out.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 4:49pmpreferably the latter…
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:39amHe forgot to point out that one of the first acts of the Obama administration was to single out return combat veterans and all honorably discharged veterans as the first suspects of terrorism.
Report Post »So if you have served your country then you are our prime suspect.
walkwithme1966
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 7:22amThat did not come from the Obama administration – do you research!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 5:09am@ walkwithme………………yes it did your research sucks
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:37amWonder if he’ll address any TEA Party groups with the same assurances? I’m not holding my breath.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:43amHAHAHA GOOD ONE! Of course not. They are conservative, legal citizens, tax paying, patriotic and Christian, for the most part. DOOMED.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:56amsad but as long as we have a black racist in the WH .. who appoints like minded people to power.. white people will suffer predjudice with no one to turn to.. I’m sure this is what they want.. they want us to feel their pain.. they don’t want equality.. they want black power. so they can ‘take back’ what they feel is rightfully theirs.. such twisted thinking can only come from radicals/racially motivated people. EOS
Report Post »NORMAL PEOPLE WANT EQUALITY NO MATTER THE COLOR OF SKIN
casey1
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:57amLooks like the Muslims are taking over from another group of so called “minorities” Now that will certainly cause a stur with the “Reverends”.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:35amThe DOJ staff The Three Little Monkey’s See, Hear and Speak No Evil
Report Post »NE12012
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:37amDepends on what the monkeys deem evil.
Report Post »GeauxAlready
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:16pmHolder Reassures Muslims of DOJ’s Anti-Bias Focus.
Sounds like code for “Ya’ll hurry and Blow something up! We only have 2 more years in office!”.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 5:24pmD ar
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The AG with Alqaeda 9 assistants
Report Post »bookofwisdom
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:34amWow. Someone who doesn’t apologize for doing nothing wrong. The President needs to take lessons from him. May God Bless.
Report Post »Spawnomite
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:30amHolder needs to sit back and let his mustache do the talking.
Bad Thunder
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:55amAnti-bias miass
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 10:57amIslamic extremists chuckle, another stupid American..
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:10amAnd further more Eric says “If your muslim then you can bypass all the scanners and TSA at every airport so we don’t make you mad, however you evil Americans will continue to be stripped searched and violated as much as possible”. What a tool.
Report Post »John 1776
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:19amIsn’t “anti-bias” a type of bias in itself? If you go out of your way to avoid a profile, it is just revers profiling. Ah yes, Liberal speak!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:25amanit-bias for Muslims yes … anti-bias for Christians no!
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:20pmHolder loves muslims, after all he works for Barry. Unfortunately he hates Christans, after all he works for Barry.
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:52pmAnother one of Barrys “GREAT DIVIDER” better known as CRIME INC”
Report Post »davecoolworld
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 12:57pmWhen is he going to reassure ALL Americans that he will apply the laws fairly and EQUALLY.
Report Post »He should be removed for dereliction of duty.
CYCLONE
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:02pmwow… thanks Eric… now that I know I can kill 266 people and go free…. thankyou bro’……
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:21pmEric Holder is, without a doubt in my mind, the WORST Attorney General this country has EVER had. If crap was electricity, this thing would be a POWERHOUSE! Do your job, Mr. Holder!
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:25pmWhy is it that anit-Muslim bias consists of someone saying something perfectly reasonable that they take offense to for no reason?….While anti-Christian bias usually consists of Muslims attacking, abusing, and blowing them up?……I’m not seeing anything close to parity here.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:29pmMarco,
Report Post »He is in the top five list for sure, right up there with Janet Reno. I just can’t get the rating between the two of them as to who is worse. Give him a little more time and I think he will hit number one though.
CYCLONE
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 2:02pmwell no **** sherlock…
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 3:38pmThey aren’t just anti-bias but PRO Jihad…
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 6:09pm.
LOL @ that!
Holder = Village People reject!
The American Flags all around him are an insult to America.
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Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 6:19pmBreaking News: HOLDER just announced that he has no intentions of doing the job that he was hired to do. Besides it takes common sense and honesty neither does Holder have.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 8:03pmHow about this, HOLDER! ISLAM SUCKS!! No bias. No political correctness. Just pure, American HONESTY!!! Shut down ISLAM, no more TSA!!!
Major Infidel
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 9:55pmOur forefathers called and they‘re wondering as to when we’re going to grow some balls and kill these people, liberals included?
I told them it won’t be long now. They said make us proud. I assured them we would. :)
Report Post »nptden
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:20pmI will have no bias, when they hang all these traitors to America….Or maybe just for them we should emulate their brothers and BEHEAD them in public.
Report Post »OATMEAL
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 12:10amI think Whites should be covered under the Hate Crime Law, the only way you are protected if you are White, is if you are Gay………That is not fair…….We know there is a lot of Hate towards Whites………………..Quit denying it & pushing it into the corner……………Come on Glenn.
Report Post »gooey46
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 4:37amNo, Marcobob69, actually, Janet Reno far surpasses this neophyte. Please remember WACO and Ruby Ridge…and the ultimate blasphemy to the Posse Comitatus Act of 1787. I know a bunch of you folks are upset by recent events. I’ve been upset for decades. Difference? Powder is dry, lots of canned goods, Bible by my side, and encapsulated,… is a fireball that if set off by those who insist that I am to be a slave to their ideology…well, tee hee, bring it on.
Report Post »To all of you, do know, these folks are totally dependent upon trained soldiers to carry out their missions. Trouble is, as before, there are many of us who are not only very intelligent and well read and historically intuitive, THEY will won’t be able to depend upon us to demise through their machinations the will of the People. Well, hope y’all have a good night, morning, afternoon, but most of all, have a good sleep, for sleep is…a weapon.
kreese
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 10:25amThank you CATB!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 11:16amNo anti muslum bias, or anti black panther bias; just against any other american group that has anything happen to them. He is the one who told his own agents racial attacks and matters against any whites will not be dealt with.
That is the matter of his anti-biases.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
Report Post »ihavejeffersonsdnainmethankgod
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 8:37amHello MajorInfidel…I contacted one as well…Thomas Jefferson in particular… and he reminded me…
“What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit
of resistance?” –Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787.
“Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to
the higher classes of society.” –Thomas Jefferson to William
Short, 1825.
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the
Report Post »blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
–Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787.