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Considering what happened in April 92 taking precautions makes sense to me.
It's not LA though.
Records obtained by Judicial Watch in response to local, state and federal public records requests show that the so-called peacekeepers are part of a large and growing division within DOJ called the Community Relations Service (CRS). Though CRS purports to spot and quell racial tensions nationwide before they arise, the do ents obtained by Judicial Watch show the group actively worked to foment unrest, spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on travel and hotel rooms to train protestors throughout Florida. The peacekeepers also met with officials of the Republican National Convention, scheduled for several months later in Tampa, to warn them to expect protests in connection with Martin’s death.
- CRS employee spent $1,142.84 to travel to Sanford, Florida from March 25-28, 2012 “to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies”;
- CRS employee spent $751.60 to travel to Sanford, Florida from March 30-April 1, 2012 “to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31”;
- CRS employee spent $1,307.40 to travel to Sanford, Florida from April 3-12, 2012 “to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford”;
- CRS employee spent $672.24 to travel to Tampa, Florida from April 18-20, 2012 “to meet with RNC official related to possible protests and demonstrations during the RNC”
In response to a Florida Sunshine Law request to the City of Sanford, Judicial Watch also obtained an audio recording of a “community meeting” held at Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford on April 19, 2012. The meeting, which opens with a gospel hymn and organ music, is reported to have led to the official ouster of Sanford’s Police Chief Bill Lee. A week earlier, a group calling themselves the “Dream Defenders” had barricaded the entrance to the police department demanding he be fired for failing to file murder charges against Zimmerman. The church meeting produced a nine-point plan, the main demand being the firing of Chief Lee.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/bulleti...in-was-killed/
http://www.judicialwatch.org/bulleti...in-was-killed/
Considering what happened in April 92 taking precautions makes sense to me.
It's not LA though.
So which do ent shows that?the do ents obtained by Judicial Watch show the group actively worked to foment unrest,
There are about 80 listed.
Maybe I'm missing something .... what is the point if the thread?
Newly Released Do ents Detail the Department of Justice’s Role in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained do ents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012.
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012. According to the do ents JW received, a little-known DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service deployed to Sanford, FL, to organize and manage rallies against Zimmerman.
Among JW’s findings:
March 25 – 27, 2012, CRS spent $674.14 upon being “deployed to Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”
March 25 – 28, 2012, CRS spent $1,142.84 “in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”
March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL “to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.”
March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent an additional $751.60 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31.”
April 3 – 12, 2012, CRS spent $1,307.40 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford.”
April 11-12, 2012, CRS spent $552.35 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance for the preparation of possible marches and rallies related to the fatal shooting of a 17 year old African American male.” – expenses for employees to travel, eat, sleep?
JW says the do ents it obtained reveal that CRS is not engaging in its stated mission of conducting “impartial mediation practices and conflict resolution,” but instead engaged on the side of the anti-Zimmerman protesters.
On April 15, 2012, during the height of the protests, the Orlando Sentinel reported, “They [the CRS] helped set up a meeting between the local NAACP and elected officials that led to the temporary resignation of police Chief Bill Lee according to Turner Clayton, Seminole County chapter president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.” The paper quoted the Rev. Valarie Houston, pastor of Allen Chapel AME Church, a focal point for protestors, as saying “They were there for us,” after a March 20 meeting with CRS agents.
Separately, in response to a Florida Sunshine Law request to the City of Sanford, Judicial Watch also obtained an audio recording of a “community meeting” held at Second Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford on April 19, 2012. The meeting, which led to the ouster of Sanford’s Police Chief Bill Lee, was scheduled after a group of college students calling themselves the “Dream Defenders” barricaded the entrance to the police department demanding Lee be fired. According to the Orlando Sentinel, DOJ employees with the CRS had arranged a 40-mile police escort for the students from Daytona Beach to Sanford.
“These do ents detail the extraordinary intervention by the Justice Department in the pressure campaign leading to the prosecution of George Zimmerman,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “My guess is that most Americans would rightly object to taxpayers paying government employees to help organize racially-charged demonstrations.”
Organizing such protests falls well within both President Barack Obama’s and Attorney General Eric Holder’s wheelhouses. Obama was a “community organizer” in his career prior to elective politics, a position that uses protests and street theater, along with threats, to obtain concessions from businesses and other political opponents. Holder has accused America of being a “nation of cowards” for not discussing racial issues enough. He also described black Americans as “my people” during a congressional hearing.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/10...rtin-protests/
The Community Relations Service is the Department's "peacemaker" for community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, and national origin. Created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRS is the only Federal agency dedicated to assist State and local units of government, private and public organizations, and community groups with preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony.
I don't see anything that indicates they were siding with anyone... of course when Limabuagh says something his mindless followers bite and run with it..lol
http://www.scribd.com/doc/152915992/Big-Bucks
This is from one of the "smoking gun" emails."When civil rights wanted to demonstrate, these federal workers taught them how to peacefully manage crowds"
I don't see any "foment"ing going on. Someone wanted to protest, and was given some sort of training about how to keep protests from getting violent.
oooooh scary....
ROFL... a travel voucher here...For more information, please contact Amy Carswell, CRB Program Officer at 305-375-1406. Thank youfor working with us to reduce community tensions and build bridges of understanding and respect.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/151071222/...Protest-APR-11
Judicial watch, from the 20 or so do ents I reviewed, has nothing that comes even remotely close to showing what JW claims.To provide assistance in preparation of possible marches...
Most of those emails simply show one particular federal worker responsible for knowing who is planning protest marches is on e-mailing lists of organizations that might plan protest marches.
The emails received by the worker have a lot of specific views of the events and have some strong language, but nothing, and I repeat, NOTHING FROM any of the DOJ staff is anything but neutral.
This have evidence that DOJ personnel are on mailing lists that are relevant to their jobs.
Whooptie ing do.
Are you going to stand behind JW's interpretation here? Or are you going to run away, like you always do?
None of them, which is why you should keep asking that question. The lack of response will be deafening.
If that represents the best of what they have, JW is actively lying about it.
Small wonder that other liars want to repeat the lies. "Look at this great lie we have, lets spam email it to every body!" sigh.
No, The Department Of Justice Did Not Organize Trayvon Martin Rallies
The conservative group Judicial Watch published records that show the Community Relations Service, a civil rights unit of the DOJ, helped with security for the rallies. Conservative groups have interpreted those records to mean there was wrongdoing; the Heritage Foundation has gone so far as to demand an oversight hearing for the Community Relations Service’s “potentially unethical involvement.” Fox News, Daily Caller, and other conservative media have taken up the same spin. CNN picked up the report, as well.
But the same do ents show nothing inflammatory about the DOJ involvement, which was limited to ensuring security for the protests.
Judicial Watch lists do ents showing standard travel expenses for Community Relations Service staff deployed to Sanford, Florida to prevent racial tensions from escalating into violence. Though a 2012 Orlando Sentinel article described the role Community Relations Service played as “secretive,” their work in Sanford, Florida was innocuous. DOJ sent staff at the height of community tensions over police mishandling of the case, when large-scale protests demanded justice for Martin. The same article described how DOJ staff simply taught civil rights organizers how to peacefully manage large crowds and ensured the safety for people expressing their First Amendment rights. Because of the DOJ, a Church pastor said “we felt protected.”
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 established the Community Relations Service as the only federal agency charged with “preventing and resolving racial and ethnic tensions, incidents, and civil disorders, and in restoring racial stability and harmony.” And as CNN reports, DOJ conciliators are frequently involved in a range of protests, “including those that occur every four years at the Democratic and Republican political conventions.”
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...artin-rallies/
it's threads and articles like these that really make me dislike the conservatives as much as I do. Obama and his administration has done enough to warrant criticism however when you have dishonest people writing and supporting articles like this one it makes me wonder what their motives are.
I support this. It is very responsible of them.
yup, just more evil and insidious rhetoric to piss people off and add fuel to the fire.
Nah, the MSM did that, and you guys slurped up that grape drank.
lol..the MSM
Judicial Watch is part of the VRWC
Well said, brother. God bless
History
Founded by conservative attorney Larry Klayman in 1994,[3] Judicial Watch came to public attention after filing 18 lawsuits against the administration of Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton and figures in the Clinton administration. The organization received considerable financial support from prominent Clinton critics, including $7.74 million from conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife.[4] This led Clinton administration officials to accuse Judicial Watch of "abusing the judicial system for partisan ends."[5] According to Judicial Watch, Clinton and top Congressional Democrats encouraged the IRS to audit them and say that an IRS agent asked them, "What do you expect when you sue the President?"[6]
Judicial Watch's consistent investigations against Democratic figures have led to accusations that the group's lawsuits are focused on being politically motivated to help Republicans rather than enforce the law.[7] However, in July 2003 Judicial Watch joined the environmental organizationSierra Club in suing the George W. Bush administration for access to minutes of Vice President Cheney's Energy Task Force.[8] After several years of legal wrangling, in May, 2005 an appeals court permitted the Energy Task Force's records to remain secret.[9][10]
In September 2003, Klayman left the organization to run for the United States Senate from Florida.[11] In 2006 Klayman sued Judicial Watch and its president Tom Fitton. The lawsuit charged Fitton misrepresented his academic and professional credentials upon hiring, and upon assuming his position engaged in false and misleading fund raising, misuse of donor money, failure to appoint an attorney as Chairman, failure to comply with a promised severance package to Klayman, and other actions which damaged Judicial Watch, the donors and Klayman.[12][13] The majority of Klayman’s claims have been dismissed, including all claims against Fitton and the other officers of the organization.[14] The only claims by Klayman that remain pending before the Court consist of allegations that Judicial Watch breached a severance agreement with Klayman.[15]
Judicial Watch has asserted several claims against Klayman.[16] On October 14, 2009, the Court found that Klayman breached the severance agreement by failing to pay Judicial Watch, $69,358,48 in unreimbursed personal expenses. $[17] The remainder of Judicial Watch’s claims against Klayman, which include additional claims of breaches of the severance agreement and trademark infringement, remain pending before the Court as of October 5, 2010.[18]
In 2006 Judicial Watch sued the Secret Service to force the release of logs detailing convicted former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's visits to the White House. This resulted in the release of a number of do ents.[19][20]
In 2007 former donor Peter F. Paul sued Judicial Watch, accusing it of using his name to raise more than $15 million to support his lawsuit against Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton while doing little to advance his case.[21][22][23] All of Paul’s claims have been dismissed.[24]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch
typical VRWC s bag dirtry tricks propaganda slandering operation
lol @ captain thinkprogress whining about propaganda.
TBtoo cowardly less to post any content of relevance
*irony alert*
sure it is, content that I agree with, versus your stalking me with your snarky
No, it's parroting. Figures you can't see the difference.
where are the protests the DOJ was instigating?
lol
they 'posed ta stop protests, not start them.
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