Re cia-drugs 4902 Shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Judicial Watch in the States releases FOIA information that indicates a seeming
U.S. government-funded attempt to whiten Martin's name and blacken Zimmerman's.
Story summary: FOIA information from Judicial Watch reveals
that, far from being a neutral arbiter, the U.S.
Department of Justice has been spending taxpayer
money to organize protest marches on selected matters.
Quote:
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents in response
to local, state, and federal records requests revealing that a little-known
unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Community Relations Service
(CRS), was deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting
to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman.
JW filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the DOJ on April
24, 2012; 125 pages were received on May 30, 2012. JW administratively
appealed the request on June 5, 2012, and received 222 pages more on March
6, 2013.
According to the documents:
* 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." ... more at site.
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