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

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His words helped.

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Perhaps they did help. Or perhaps it was the in-person visit that worked best. IMHO, it was his personal visit that was positive, but, he "acted stupidly" when he chose his words.

Holder chose words that inferred a racial motive for the shooting. That was not necessary to be helpful.

Did his words create an legal issue for the defense to raise ? You say "No" but, I say that, if there is a prosecution of Wilson for civil rights violations, the defense will raise the issue of Holder's "I am a black man" comments. Holder created a defense issue unnecessarily. The court will have to deal with that issue, so, your conclusory answer seems wrong to me.

Should he have chosen his words more wisely?

I'm trying to find out whether there are any Democrat attorneys, or Democrats, who can find some fault with or criticism for AG Holder's statement. So far, points that you raise constitute a vigorous defense of your client Eric Holder.

I'm also struck by the fact that the guidelines for professional conduct for attorneys warn against making extrajudicial statements such as Holder's, but, no Democrat attorney feels the need to suggest that Holder should have followed that guideline, because it would have been the right thing to do.

This is the problem with voting Democrat -- when a Democrat does something wrong or questionable, all you get from the Democrat side is a vigorous defense, regardless of notions of right or wrong.

I hope that the US electorate will understand that it will always be like this with Democrats. In fact, if we continue to vote them into political power, they will get worse.