It would appear that unnamed Obama administration officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and their media cheerleaders have coordinated a narrative with regard to the Ferguson, MO Police Department. According to CNN, “government officials familiar with the ongoing discussions between local, state and federal officials” are saying Police Chief Thomas Jackson is expected to step down “as part of the effort by city officials to reform the Police Department.” The proverbial fly in the ointment? Jackson and Mayor James Knowles deny any such plan exists. “Nobody in my chain of command has asked me to resign, nor have I been terminated,” said Jackson in a phone call with the news network. Knowles affirmed that statement and dismissed the notion that pressure was brought to bear by the feds. “People have been saying that for months, I mean for him to step down, Knowles explained. “But we’ve stood by him this entire time. So there is no change on that.” Apparently Eric Holder has a different agenda. “I think it’s pretty clear that the need for wholesale change in that department is appropriate,” he said Wednesday, during an appearance at the Washington Ideas Forum. “Exactly what the form of that change will be, I think, we’ll wait until we complete our inquiry.” Holder reiterated his exasperation with the leaks that have been emerging from the various investigations in the case that garnered national attention—as well as ongoing civil demonstrations often deteriorating in lawless mayhem—following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson last August. The AG declared that the attempt to shape public opinion while the investigation remained ongoing was inappropriate. “I’ve said I’m exasperated. That’s a nice way of saying ‘I’m mad,’ because that’s just not how things should be done,” he declared. “Whoever the sources of the leaks are needs to shut up.” The irony is rich. Holder is calling for wholesale changes in the police department prior to the ultimate determination of Wilson’s guilt or innocence, yet somehow the leader of perhaps the most politicized Justice Department in modern history doesn’t see that statement as a blatant attempt to shape public opinion.
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:26:25 +0000
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