Idiot’s Rebuttal

DoJpablum vs DoJreality

Here’s some pablum…

…from the DoJ website (I didn’t know it was pablum until this past year…I thought it was real…I was naive…now…I am not naive):

Mission: To enforce the law…to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime…to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior…to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans. (http://www.usdoj.gov/02organizations/ accessed 11/10/07)

Criminal Division: … develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws except those specifically assigned to other divisions… (http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ accessed 11/10/07)

Civil Rights Division: …committed to upholding the civil and constitutional rights of all Americans, including some of the most vulnerable members of our society…equal treatment and equal justice under law…enforces the Police Misconduct Provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994… (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/activity.html#foreword accessed 11/10/07

Criminal Section: …Official Misconduct (18 U.S.C.§ § 241, 242) — Intentional acts by law enforcement officials who misuse their positions to unlawfully deprive individuals of constitutional rights, such as the right to be free from unwarranted assaults…These cases implicate basic constitutional rights and are invariably matters of intense public interest…Complaints setting forth possible violations of the law for which the Section has jurisdiction are forwarded to the FBI for investigation…Because almost any matter which presents a violation of federal law is also a matter involving a local or state law violation, deference is given to local prosecutions. But where there is no local action…a federal prosecution may be brought.

Mission: …prosecutes cases involving the violent interference with liberties and rights defined in the Constitution or federal law…it is the use of force, threats, or intimidation that characterize a federal criminal violation of an individual’s civil rights… Our ultimate goal is to ensure that acts constituting federal criminal civil rights violations are sufficiently remedied, whether prosecuted federally or by local authorities… (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/activity.html#crm accessed 11/10/07)