Eric Holder, the first African-American attorney general, takes over a Department of Justice (DOJ) that has been AWOL in the struggle for racial justice. "What the Bush administration did was to abandon civil rights enforcement on behalf of African Americans," said Ted Shaw, a Columbia [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Eric Holder is not a friend of the black man I assure you. Eric Holder wants every black in america to be un-armed. Holder has a view that any citizen with a gun is a terrorist. Schlozman was right you dont want communists or wacked out left wing radicals in your justice epartment. You get Holders every time. Would you want Bill Ayers prosecuting muslim bombers? Obama puts Sotomayor on the Supreme Court. Now theres a radical illegal alien lover if there ever was one. She hates guns. Good luck when she votes on the black mans gun rights. Obama and Holder are our greatest enemies. Think about this, do you want every criminal in the country to know that you dont have a gun? Thats what happened at Virginia Tech. It was a gun free zone. Gun free for students staff and guests but not for criminals they dont obey laws remember? Just walk on in and start killing people because no one can stop you. Police do not have the duty to protect you there duty is to the community as a whole. 30 of the 32 people killed at Virginia tech were shot AFTER the police got there. If the students had had guns THEY could have stopped the crazy killer.They use to call criminals “Outlaws” for a reason. Almost every citizen wore a gun. Why do you think that was? It isnt any better now. Illegal alien gangs are in every city and community in the entire country. Rapists are being released from jail. Murderers walk our streets. Holder will not recognize any Black right to carry guns for self defense. You will be on your own no gun no cop no chance, Holder and Obama want to take your rights away from you. Your only hope is to join the NRA and fight for your rights. Why do people think a black cop ,senator, president or what ever is the answere to their problems. The answere lies within our constitution and ourselves. Obama does not care about you he cares about Socialism/marxisism and he puts those kind of people in positions of power to enforce the socialist ideals. Not the Bill of Rights. A great example is Holder…...
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