Ferguson

The unrest in Ferguson is the number one story on almost every news outlet and has been since the protests and riots began over a week ago. So far there are very few facts, Michael Brown is dead, he was unarmed, and Officer Darren Wilson pulled the trigger. However, media sources have been scouring for details to sensationalize the story. New evidence emerges every day that change how things played out. Civil unrest has gripped Ferguson and it appears that the police are unable to control the situation.

In order to try and calm things down, Attorney General Eric Holder went to Ferguson. Now, his presence there is to try and calm the people down and get to the bottom of what happened. But, it doesn't seem like this is his primary goal. At a community meeting Holder said, "I am the Attorney General of the United States, but I am also a black man." He then goes on to tell a story of his own experience with racial profiling in NJ. Now, to me this doesn't sound like someone from the Justice Department. His main function there is to seek Justice, but upon arrival he starts speaking about racial profiling, leading those in Ferguson to assume that this is the case for the Michael Brown shooting. The problem is, we don't have the details yet.

There have been numerous eye witness testimony to the Officer Wilson shooting Brown after her surrendered. One thing is for sure, eye witness testimony is unreliable. Anyone who has taken a Psychology course will understand this. You can put 10 people in the exact same situation and they will all tell a different story. Now evidence has emerged that Officer Wilson sustained a 'blowout fracture' to his eye, suggesting there was a fight or some sort of struggle.
But back to the motives of Holder, what exactly is he trying to accomplish in Ferguson? He is saying that will be impartial, but going back to his remarks it seems he already believes that civil rights were violated. He is also having the Federal Government come in and search for any evidence of civil rights law violations.This will only throw more flames on the fire as Holder and his team look for civil rights violations that will be extrapolated to the rest of the police force. His first priority should be that the evidence is examined thoroughly and the sequence of events is verified. Evidence must be properly examined and justice served.
With Attorney Holder going to Ferguson, and the remarks he has made, I don't have much confidence in an impartial inquiry into the events. His remarks make it seem that his job comes second (being the Attorney General) and the fact that he is a black man first. Holder's comments are in direct contradiction to those of John Adams "We are a government of laws, not men."