Holder Frames Ferguson PD Using Bogus Stats

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Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/030515-742174-holder-frames-ferguson-pd-with-bogus-stats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

[WarTim 3,456]

Racist accusations in 3 2 1...

[DKW 86 7,410]

Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investor...tats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

I would comment, but i dont really think any is necessary. This one incidence was a witch hunt started by a very few crazy witnesses that the media never vetted.

The race hustlers joined in, the riots came, the merchants were looted. A town, a PD, a DA were all smeared for the sake of sensationalism and ratings.

This should not bleed over at all to the Martin, Garner, Rice, or other cases however. We need to concentrate on one case individually.

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Oh boy here we go. Police brutality apologists unite! But wait, the MO Attorney General had already conculded thesame thing as DOJ!

While black residents accounted for 67 percent of Ferguson’s population, black drivers accounted for more than 86 percent of the traffic stops made last year by the Ferguson Police Department, according to a report produced by the office of Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.

And the majority of the traffic stops (92 percent) that ended with arrests involved black drivers.

Statewide, black drivers “were 66 percent more likely than white drivers to be stopped” last year, Koster said in a statement in May.

The percentage of black drivers getting pulled over by the Ferguson police is actually higher than it has been in recent years. As recently as 2008, black drivers accounted for 79 percent of traffic stops — still nearly four out of five stops, but not as high as the percentage seen last year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/12/the-breaking-point-for-ferguson/

[WarTim 3,456]

That didn't take long at all...

[AUUSN 823]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2014/08/14/racial-tensions-in-ferguson-started-long-before-dontshoot

[DKW 86 7,410]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.co...efore-dontshoot

And the DOJ stated that Ferguson, as bad as it is, is still not as bad on average as the rest of Missouri.

[WarTim 3,456]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.co...efore-dontshoot

And the DOJ stated that Ferguson, as bad as it is, is still not as bad on average as the rest of Missouri.

Darn those FACTS!!! Hahaha;-)

[AUUSN 823]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.co...efore-dontshoot

And the DOJ stated that Ferguson, as bad as it is, is still not as bad on average as the rest of Missouri.

Darn those FACTS!!! Hahaha;-)

You provide zero substance to this forum. You are void of any critical thinking skills and only participate to stir things up. I wish I could put you on ignore but someone made you a Mod. Troll on...

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

WT.....see what happens when you post those dang facts.

[AUUSN 823]

WT.....see what happens when you post those dang facts.

And what facts did HE post? Don't you have yet another Hillary thread to start?

[TheBlueVue 177]

Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investor...tats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

This goes back to

Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investor...tats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

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Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investor...tats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

Interesting article that discusses the DoJ having to find something in wrong in Ferguson did so by using it's own statistics inaccurately.

Holder Frames Ferguson PD For Racism Using Bogus 'Disparate Impact' Stats

http://news.investor...tats.htm?p=full

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.

He even claims cops exploit blacks to generate city revenue in some kind of racist shakedown. But the same report cites data showing blacks fail to pay their fines at far greater rates than whites, so why not target whites if money-grubbing is the case?

As for those racist emails, yes, Holder's investigators found seven racist emails in the accounts of Ferguson police and court officials. But on closer inspection, it's clear that they could be found on anybody's computer.

The "emails" in question were not actually written by PD officials. They were the same chain emails that circulate the Internet anonymously, the equivalent of junk mail. You could not be a racist at all and find such offensive spam in your inbox.

Interestingly, Justice's 102-page report spends just two pages on the emails, none of which rises to a smoking-gun memo ordering cops to single out blacks, which is the report's insinuation. Instead, the report focuses on unintentional discrimination based on "disparate impact" statistics.

"These disparities are unexplainable on grounds other than race and evidence that racial bias has shaped law enforcement conduct," the report asserts. That's a huge lie. They are in fact easily explainable. Holder's race mongers purposely neglected to isolate variables that explain the disparities.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

As former federal civil-rights lawyer Hans Bader told us: "Disparate impact is ubiquitous. Virtually everything in the larger society has a disparate impact in the prima facie sense. What police department wouldn't be in violation of it?"

There are lies, damned lies, and then there are Eric Holder's statistics.

But Holder will use his bogus stats to bully Ferguson into civil-rights "remedies," such as "prohibiting (vehicle) searches based on consent for the foreseeable future" and banning "officers from conducting stops, searches, or arrests on the basis of 'wanteds' or 'stop orders' issued by other agencies."

Yes, let's prevent police from controlling crime and protecting law-abiding citizens so Don Quixolder can continue to tilt at his racist windmills.

This goes back to my argument from the beginning. There are too many too aggressively looking for a problem to solve(to justify their agenda) instead of realistically addressing real problems. In this case, if there is no problem..make one..for the obvious purpose of a federal govt attempt to take over of local police. Obama would do this nationally if he could. He has stated multiple times that he believes we need a national police force federally funded with similar resources currently allocated to the DoD. Taking over banking, healthcare, education and energy evidently still hasn't quenched this administration's thirst for power that really doesn't belong to the govt

[DKW 86 7,410]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.co...efore-dontshoot

And the DOJ stated that Ferguson, as bad as it is, is still not as bad on average as the rest of Missouri.

Darn those FACTS!!! Hahaha;-)

You provide zero substance to this forum. You are void of any critical thinking skills and only participate to stir things up. I wish I could put you on ignore but someone made you a Mod. Troll on...

USN, as much as people WANT to find a bad actor in Ferguson, the DOJ FACTS just do not back them up.

And a footnote on page 77 kills Holder's whole case of "disparate impact" racism against the Ferguson PD. It remarks that disparities are worse throughout the state of Missouri, raising "considerable concerns about policing outside of Ferguson as well."

IOW, the prejudged outcome could not be found so just throw anything against the wall and hope no one notices the details.

In the state of Missouri, Ferguson is actually well below the normal Missouri statistics on arrests of black men.

[WarTim 3,456]

No it didnt, darn those pesky facts....

http://www.usnews.co...efore-dontshoot

And the DOJ stated that Ferguson, as bad as it is, is still not as bad on average as the rest of Missouri.

Darn those FACTS!!! Hahaha;-)

You provide zero substance to this forum. You are void of any critical thinking skills and only participate to stir things up. I wish I could put you on ignore but someone made you a Mod. Troll on...

And another lib loses it! You have a nice day too!!!

[WarTim 3,456]

WT.....see what happens when you post those dang facts.

And what facts did HE post? Don't you have yet another Hillary thread to start?

Dont you and your buddy need to get together and discuss talking points? Gotcha! :-)

[homersapien 11,353]

Gee, I wonder it the Ferguson Police Department should reinstate those three racists?

Perhaps they were unfairly judged.