Holder Admits "Hands Up" Was Lie

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Your heading implies that Eric Holder had something to do with the evolution of the "Hands Up" narrative. He wasn't "admitting" anything; he was stating what the Justice Department had determined.

Explain to me what is ridiculous about pointing out that there is an established pattern of racial bias in Ferguson. Do you dispute it? Do you think it's not true?

I wasn't implying that Holder came up with the "hands up don't shoot" slogan. I was implying that from the very beginning Holder acted like the officer committed a crime. If you listened to all of his statements from the time he first arrived in Ferguson, it was clear whose side he was on. He was extremely sympathetic to the family of Brown, but not to the officer.

I already answered your question about why it was ridiculous for you to change the subject and talk about other instances of police misconduct. I will repeat the reason: Let's say we were debating a different case. Let's say we we were debating a case where I kept saying I thought a black man was guilty of a crime and you thought he was innocent. If it turned out that he was innocent, how ridiculous would it be if I then changed the subject and posted an article about how high the crime rate is among black people? That would have nothing to do with the specific case we were talking about.

With regards to the findings in the report, I wouldn't go as far as say I dispute it. I obviously have no knowledge of what goes in Ferguson. However, I will say that the DOJ did have an agenda, so I would take the findings with at least somewhat of a grain of salt. If the tobacco industry did an investigation on the effects of smoking, I would take the findings with a grain of salt. When a report is done by someone with an agenda, you have to consider that the findings may be biased. This Attorney General has totally politicized his office and he has this "activist/progressive" agenda. I think that is very dangerous to have an AG with his own agenda. The office loses so much credibility.