“My guess is that most Americans would rightly object to taxpayers paying government employees to help organize racially-charged demonstrations.”
DOJ deployed obscure section to play role in Florida protests.
Bryan Preston
PJ Tatler
PJ Media
7/10/2013
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012.
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012. According to the documents JW received, a little-known DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service deployed to Sanford, FL, to organize and manage rallies against Zimmerman.
Among JW’s findings:
- March 25 – 27, 2012, CRS spent $674.14 upon being “deployed to Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”
- March 25 – 28, 2012, CRS spent $1,142.84 “in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”
- March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL “to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.”
- March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent an additional $751.60 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31.”
- April 3 – 12, 2012, CRS spent $1,307.40 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford.”
- April 11-12, 2012, CRS spent $552.35 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance for the preparation of possible marches and rallies related to the fatal shooting of a 17 year old African American male.” – expenses for employees to travel, eat, sleep?
The article continues at PJ Media.
Also at the site:
George Zimmerman Passed a Lie Detector Test the Day After His Confrontation with Trayvon Martin
Justice for Trayvon, Race-Hustler Style, by J. Christian Adams
Related: Jim Treacher remarks, “If Obama had an unscrupulous, race-baiting stooge, he’d look like Eric Holder.”
At Power Line, The Zimmerman Case Is About Race? Why?
…Zimmerman says that Martin attacked him, knocked him to the ground, punched him in the face and banged his head into the pavement. Why is it “all too easy an idea for people to entertain” that what Zimmerman said could be true? It is consistent with the physical evidence and with the testimony of the only witness who saw any part of the altercation. And if Zimmerman isn’t telling the truth, how did he get that bloody nose and those gashes on the back of his head? Jones attempts no explanation; nor, as far as I have seen, do any of the other commentators and activists who try to racialize the case…
Zimmerman Lawyer Mark O’Mara: “My client will never be safe.”
Update: Forensic Expert Says Evidence Backs George Zimmerman’s Story
Zimmerman Defense: State ‘Tactics’ Blocked Access to Trayvon Cellphone Data
Update 2: DOJ Creating Race Riots?
