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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: mystery-ak on August 15, 2017, 08:27:38 pm
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By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Monday, August 14, 2017
Former Attorney General Eric Holder’s foray into a debate on Saturday’s violence in Charlottesville, Va., quickly elicited reminders of his early stance on convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan.
It wasn’t long after a white supremacist gathering Saturday turned deadly with the killing of Heather Heyer, 32, that former President Obama’s top cop pronounced the ordeal “domestic terrorism.” Mr. Holder’s assessment of 20-year-old suspect James Alex Fields — who careened his vehicle into a crowd of protesters — prompted backlash by those familiar with the Justice Department’s handling of the Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre, which killed 13.
“If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly & logically. Charlottesville — call it what it is, domestic terrorism,” Mr. Holder tweeted Saturday night.
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