Did Holder's "I'm a black man" comments arguably violate Ethics rules?

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Arguably, yes, and creating that inference could create a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused.

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I'd bet Holder would claim to be drawing on his inner RFK.
As RFK was addressing the MLK murder:

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For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and mistrust of the injustice of such an act, against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feeling. I had a member of my family killed, but he was killed by a white man.

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Robert Kennedy was not the AG when MLK was killed and hadn't been AG for 4 years. He was a US Senator running for president.

You think this administration gives one solitary frick about ethics rules?

Yes

The man provides weapons to drug cartels. He's not concerned about how his words are perceived

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Here's a rule that applies to AG Holder:

" The issue in Ferguson is possible police misconduct. Investigating such misconduct is the responsibility of the Criminal Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The primary mission of this Section is to prosecute individual police officers under 18 U.S.C. §§ 241 and 242. These criminal statutes prohibit officials who are acting under color of law from willfully depriving individuals “of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”

If the manager and supervisor of the prosecuting attorney in a Civil Rights case makes a public statement that creates in inference that the accused was motivated by racial bias and prejudice, does this create a reasonable likelihood that the accused's right to a fair trial is adversely affected?

If your Boss tells you that he thinks a case on your desk involves racial prejudice, are you more or less likely to prosecute the case?

Did Holder affect the independent judgment that a US Attorney must have when exercising prosecutorial discretion?

Is it even ARGUABLE that he did?

Why would any competent US Attorney General generate such grist for the legal mill of the defense attorney?

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A Milwaukee County sheriff took aim at Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Missouri Democrats on Friday, accusing them of demonizing law enforcement officers and fanning the racial flames in Ferguson.

Sheriff David Clarke, who gained national attention last year for encouraging gun ownership, accused Mr. Holder, Gov. Jay Nixon and Sen. Claire McCaskill of making “irresponsible” and “inflammatory” comments about Ferguson’s police force and its purported race issues

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Mr. Clarke said the three insinuated that law enforcement officers “engage in some nefarious or systematic and cultural attempts to violate people’s civil rights.”

“I thought that was a slap in the face to every law-enforcement officer in America who puts on the badge and the uniform everyday to go out and risk their lives in service to their community,” the sheriff said.



Mr. Clarke specifically called on Mr. Holder apologize.

“I think the attorney general needs to further explain his anecdotal references to being racially profiled as if officers across America do this thing,” he said.

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I don't know much about judical matters but if I were Wilsons lawyers, I would LOUDLY demand that this holder immediately recuse himself from this investigation.

Not the most egregious thing that he has done while serving as AG.