Monday, June 22, 2015

Also, The Sun Rises In The East



Isn't this about as obvious a thing as there is?
A recent survey of law enforcement agencies nationwide found that police consider right-wing attacks like last week's mass shooting at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina to be a greater threat than Islamic extremism...
... 
The survey, conducted last year by Kurzman and David Shanzer of Duke University, in collaboration with the Police Executive Research Forum, found that 74 percent of law enforcement agencies ranked anti-government extremism among the top three terror threats they faced. 
By contrast, threats linked to groups like al-Qaeda registered at that same level among only 39 percent of the 382 agencies surveyed...
Anyone recall when the Justice Department, under Eric Holder, said the same thing and the right-wing screamers went nuts? Maybe this time, since it's cops, they'll listen.

Yeah. Sure they will.

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1 comment:

  1. Professor ChaosJune 22, 2015 at 1:59 PM

    That study they all wet their pants over was conducted under the Bush Administratoon, that didn't keep them from freaking out and blAmjng Janet Naplitano.

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