This is my shocked face

[Sangersteve]

Racial Politics: Unable to pin racism charges on Ferguson policeman Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, Attorney General Eric Holder is using half-baked data to manufacture a case of racism against his entire police force.

Holder's race-baiting civil rights crew combed through several years of Ferguson Police Department data on traffic stops, searches and arrests and "found a pattern of racial disparities in Ferguson's police activities."

"African Americans are overrepresented in FPD's vehicular stops" and victims of "racial bias," Holder concludes in his report.

He notes that blacks accounted for 85% of vehicle stops, "despite comprising only 67% of Ferguson's population," while whites made up 15% of stops, despite representing 29% of the population.

So there you have it, a slam-dunk case of racism, right? Hardly.

Outrageously, the nation's top prosecutor failed to control for factors that explain the racial "disparity" in traffic stops, such as speeding, DUI, expired license plates, headlight, seat-belt and child-restraint violations and other reasons for being pulled over.

Holder's own department statistics show that African Americans, on average, violate speeding and other traffic laws at much greater rates than whites.

The Justice Department's research arm, the National Institute of Justice, explains that differences in traffic stops can simply be attributed to "differences in offending."

Duh. For another example, "Seat-belt usage is chronically lower among blacks," the NIJ says in a 2013 study. "If a law enforcement agency aggressively enforces violations, police will stop more black drivers."

It adds that three out of every four black drivers say "police had a legitimate reason for stopping them."

The institute cites two major studies on police profiling, one conducted in Savannah, Ga., and another in Cincinnati. Neither "support the perception that a high level of discrimination occurs prior to a traffic stop."

Perhaps the attorney general should read his own research before making wild accusations of racism based on specious data.

Holder also complains black motorists were more likely than whites to receive multiple citations from Ferguson police, proof in his mind that cops "enforce the law more harshly against black people than others."

"African Americans experience disparate impact in nearly every aspect of Ferguson's law enforcement system," his report finds.

But federal data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that blacks violate traffic laws at higher rates than whites in every offense, including driving with an invalid license.

Yet Holder makes it sound as if Ferguson police target blacks at random for stops for no other reason than "driving while black," and then pile on the tickets.

[scarlett~nc]

total BS from the Obama administration as usual ..and Michael Brown's family is taking the policeman to court even after the Obama administration could not charge him at all ..disgusting

[BigTex]

Good thing they don't give out tickets for looting. Holder's head would explode.

[Red Oak]

One might get the idea, that Ferguson has more Black Thugs than Thugs of other Races ??? I mean from the pictures and all....

[millergrovesue]

That sound you hear is MLK rolling over in his grave. This administration has set race relations back decades.

[planosteve]

If Barak Obama comitted a crime would it be counted as a black crime or a white one?
If one of his daughters comits a crime is is a black crime or only 3/4 a black crime?

[Dancer]

If Barak Obama comitted a crime would it be counted as a black crime or a white one?
If one of his daughters comits a crime is is a black crime or only 3/4 a black crime?

Leave the Kids out of this. They are off limits. Their Father, however has been committing crimes against America since his election. Black or White be damned.

[planosteve]

If Barak Obama comitted a crime would it be counted as a black crime or a white one?
If one of his daughters comits a crime is is a black crime or only 3/4 a black crime?

Leave the Kids out of this. They are off limits. Their Father, however has been committing crimes against America since his election. Black or White be damned.

I'm just wondering statisticly how they determine if a crime is comitted by a black or a white. Do they research their genealogy?

[Dancer]

If Barak Obama comitted a crime would it be counted as a black crime or a white one?
If one of his daughters comits a crime is is a black crime or only 3/4 a black crime?

Leave the Kids out of this. They are off limits. Their Father, however has been committing crimes against America since his election. Black or White be damned.

I'm just wondering statisticly how they determine if a crime is comitted by a black or a white. Do they research their genealogy?

I'm thinking Arrest Reports and Mug Shots might tell. Whether Obama is Black, White, or a mix of both makes no difference as he is still an Idiot and is trying to bring our Country down.
Good Night.