However, the opposite appears to be the case.
The number of U.S. citizens, especially minorities, incarcerated in this country has skyrocketed during the Obama Administration or Eric Holder's tenure as attorney general. The spike occurred even though sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine have been reduced. The administration's failure to double down in its opposition to racial profiling and other crooked law enforcement practices has likely perpetuated the crisis.
Moreover, the number of undocumented aliens being deported back to Mexico and other countries has jumped dramatically since Obama took office despite the White House's support of the Dream Act and amnesty for undocumented workers. Critics blame the increase on a vain attempt by liberals to appease independent voters and poor whites, who have likely been hit the hardest by the influx of immigrants from south of the border and elsewhere in recent years.
In addition, Holder has failed to address stand-your-ground laws in use across the country. Such unjust statutes hammer home the fears of race-baiters in an ever-growing society of African Americans and other ethnic groups, particularly in the South, which has recently led to the death of scores of law-abiding Americans of all races.
Similarly, the Justice Department under Obama has dragged its feet in responding to Stop and Frisk in New York City. The law was drafted primarily to get guns off the streets of America's biggest city. In most instances, however, the controversial statute has violated the Civil Rights of everyday citizens by stopping mostly residents of Hispanic or African American descent without probable cause. According to legal experts, it netted a small number of unregistered firearms or illegal drugs before being curtailed by a federal judge.
But above all, the current director of the Federal Justice Department has not diligently pursued or reopened Civil Rights cold cases from the past. For instance, the murder of Clifton Walker, who many believe was ambushed by the Ku Klux Klan while on his way home from work in Natchez, Mississippi 1964, has never been solved despite mounting evidence for a conviction. The same can be said for countless other victims of the era who cry out for justice from the grave.
The dismal legal state of scores of minorities and less fortunate whites didn't start with the Obama justice department and may not end when the president's term in office is over. Unfortunately, Americans, especially those of color, view Eric Holder and the president as saviors of human rights due to a shared history of social injustice.
The number of U.S. citizens, especially minorities, incarcerated in this country has skyrocketed during the Obama Administration or Eric Holder's tenure as attorney general. The spike occurred even though sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine have been reduced. The administration's failure to double down in its opposition to racial profiling and other crooked law enforcement practices has likely perpetuated the crisis.
Moreover, the number of undocumented aliens being deported back to Mexico and other countries has jumped dramatically since Obama took office despite the White House's support of the Dream Act and amnesty for undocumented workers. Critics blame the increase on a vain attempt by liberals to appease independent voters and poor whites, who have likely been hit the hardest by the influx of immigrants from south of the border and elsewhere in recent years.
In addition, Holder has failed to address stand-your-ground laws in use across the country. Such unjust statutes hammer home the fears of race-baiters in an ever-growing society of African Americans and other ethnic groups, particularly in the South, which has recently led to the death of scores of law-abiding Americans of all races.
Similarly, the Justice Department under Obama has dragged its feet in responding to Stop and Frisk in New York City. The law was drafted primarily to get guns off the streets of America's biggest city. In most instances, however, the controversial statute has violated the Civil Rights of everyday citizens by stopping mostly residents of Hispanic or African American descent without probable cause. According to legal experts, it netted a small number of unregistered firearms or illegal drugs before being curtailed by a federal judge.
But above all, the current director of the Federal Justice Department has not diligently pursued or reopened Civil Rights cold cases from the past. For instance, the murder of Clifton Walker, who many believe was ambushed by the Ku Klux Klan while on his way home from work in Natchez, Mississippi 1964, has never been solved despite mounting evidence for a conviction. The same can be said for countless other victims of the era who cry out for justice from the grave.
The dismal legal state of scores of minorities and less fortunate whites didn't start with the Obama justice department and may not end when the president's term in office is over. Unfortunately, Americans, especially those of color, view Eric Holder and the president as saviors of human rights due to a shared history of social injustice.
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