SHERIFF DAVID Clarke then slammed Holder’s statement in which he publicly claimed during the Ferguson uproar that he himself had been racially profiled by police, once while serving as a federal prosecutor. “Wait a minute,” Sheriff Clarke began in response to Holder’s claim of being racially profiled. “Mr. Attorney General, if you felt those officers had violated your Fourth Amendment, and you’re a federal prosecutor, and you didn’t say anything at the time? On behalf of everybody in the United States, you could have done something if you felt that. You could have made a complaint–because all of us kind of realize in law enforcement, right, we testify–what do they say in court? If you didn’t write it down, if you didn’t report it, it didn’t happen.” Sheriff Clarke continued to question the believability of Holder’s claim: “Really, Mr. Attorney General? You didn’t report it then. You didn’t write it down. But you’re telling us some 10-15 years later for self-serving purposes. I thought, ‘Why did you do that?’” Clarke asked. You insulted every law enforcement officer, every man and woman who puts on that badge and uniform everyday, risks their lives in service to their community,” he charged. “And I thought, ‘How could you do that?’ Who cares about what happened to you? What about the people of Ferguson, Missouri right now? Who cares about you, Eric Holder?” But he did that for self-serving purposes.” “This man [Holder] sat up there and kind up insinuated that these law enforcement officers go out with some nefarious and malicious intent in their heart, to deny people their rights, and to indiscriminately shoot and take people’s lives for nothing. And I was incensed by that.” Sheriff Clarke contended that Holder owes an apology to every man or woman who serves in law enforcement and urged them to confront Holder when they see him about whether he’s ready to apologize. Clarke referred to Holder, who in his position is the “top cop in the nation,” as an “S.O.B.” for his forked tongue in referring to officers as “serving admirably” while almost simultaneously accusing them of being racists. “Remember that the next time this guy [Holder] comes to town,” the Sheriff urged to his fellow law enforcement officers. “Because he’s on a mission.”
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:00:05 +0000
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