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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl

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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux

No taz,

Because the JW writer (as well as others quoted) are trying to say the uneven administration of justice continues. The CRS was formed to mediate disputes not support protests. Not organize police for a 40 mile escort. Not teach protesters how to manage crowds. Not to apply political pressure to get the police chief to resign.

What makes anyone believe they were there to support protests? When they go to the RNC primaries are they there to teach the GOP how to manage crowds, there to insist and pressure the RNC to resign?

Or did no one realize this was the Community Relations Service that was sent?

Some secret, huh?

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.

With passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, CRS also works with communities to employ strategies to prevent and respond to alleged violent hate crimes committed on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or disability. CRS facilitates the development of viable, mutual understandings and agreements as alternatives to coercion, violence, or litigation. It also assists communities in developing local mechanisms, conducting training, and other proactive measures to prevent racial/ethnic tension and violent hate crimes committed on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability. CRS does not take sides among disputing parties and, in promoting the principles and ideals of non-discrimination, applies skills that allow parties to come to their own agreement. In performing this mission, CRS deploys highly skilled professional conciliators, who are able to assist people of diverse backgrounds.

http://www.justice.gov/crs/

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Mostly I guess because the CRS staff submitted expense reports that said they were supporting the protests?

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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Yeah, not credible in its nutsuckerisms. Who is the author of this article? What are the actual documents?

Impugning and innuendo, no facts or credible citations. Nuitsuckerism. Boortz and Breitbart style asswipe at this point.

Receipts and travel vouchers

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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux

What do you think about the latest FOIA request that says the justice department spents thousands of dollars supporting protests against zimmerman. (including organizing a police escort for a 40 mile trek from delray to sanford...)

http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/documents-obtained-by-judicial-watch-detail-role-of-justice-department-in-organizing-trayvon-martin-protests/

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Maybe if the lying scum at judicial watch weren't lying through their teeth this story would have some legs.

The CRS is a small team of lawyers that go out to mediate between protesters and local officials. The team's job is to make sure the protests don't become violent and to make sure local authorities respect the rights of the protesters. The FOIA request that judicial watch is lying about are, based on their own statements about those documents, nothing but this routine behavior.

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Yeah, not credible in its nutsuckerisms. Who is the author of this article? What are the actual documents?

Impugning and innuendo, no facts or credible citations. Nuitsuckerism. Boortz and Breitbart style asswipe at this point.

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

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ORIGINAL: DomKen

Maybe if the lying scum at judicial watch weren't lying through their teeth this story would have some legs.

The CRS is a small team of lawyers that go out to mediate between protesters and local officials. The team's job is to make sure the protests don't become violent and to make sure local authorities respect the rights of the protesters. The FOIA request that judicial watch is lying about are, based on their own statements about those documents, nothing but this routine behavior.

"Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
One thing, did those govt. dweebs have any interaction with the pro-Zimmerman protesters?
Oh, and how is a "small team of lawyers" going to prevent *any* type of,..."violence" against anyone?
They couldn't stop a fight in a parking lot between two jealous ex's! I can almost garauntee that they wearn't armed.
I guess "Washington".... "assumes".... that people are going to listen to them.
What the hell good is a paper pusher from Washington going to do? I can just see them at the outbreak of a riot; "Hey, hey, you fellows can't do that!" "No throwing molotov cocktails!" "It's right here under Section 18 , Paragraph 4, sub section 33!!!"

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ORIGINAL: DomKen
In the real world, not the paranoid fantasy you think is real, negotiation and mutual respect between the police and protesters is usually enough to prevent violence. That is what the CRS does and they do it very well.