Comey: ‘I Am Not a Tweeter, I Am There to Listen ... What’s Being Said About the FBI’

Comey I think we ░░░░░░░░ all be happier if ░░░░░░░░ had meetings that were ░░░░░░░░ and far between if ░░░░░░░░ had no need to ░░░░░░░░ hate crime no need ░░░░░░░░ share information about pending ░░░░░░░░ threats no need to ░░░░░░░░ kids or community leaders ░░░░░░░░ cops about bigotry and ░░░░░░░░ If we had instead ░░░░░░░░ to focus on other ░░░░░░░░ life would be better ░░░░░░░░ it s been challenging ░░░░░░░░ recent months Together we ░░░░░░░░ confronted bomb threats targeting ░░░░░░░░ community centers and schools ░░░░░░░░ vandalism of Jewish cemeteries ░░░░░░░░ racially motivated shooting of ░░░░░░░░ Indian immigrants We have ░░░░░░░░ together to talk about ░░░░░░░░ painted on synagogues and ░░░░░░░░ signs a transgender woman ░░░░░░░░ in her own home ░░░░░░░░ noose sent to an ░░░░░░░░ American attorney In your ░░░░░░░░ of work and in ░░░░░░░░ we see a lot ░░░░░░░░ people filled with hate ░░░░░░░░ of those people will ░░░░░░░░ quietly simmering and stewing ░░░░░░░░ their own bitterness Some ░░░░░░░░ shout about it to ░░░░░░░░ who will listen ever ░░░░░░░░ that maybe their hate ░░░░░░░░ attract hate And while ░░░░░░░░ can try to educate ░░░░░░░░ illuminate those people who ░░░░░░░░ sitting there simmering some ░░░░░░░░ always be trapped in ░░░░░░░░ starless midnight that Martin ░░░░░░░░ King wrote about so ░░░░░░░░ years ago We have ░░░░░░░░ ask ourselves are people ░░░░░░░░ by divisive rhetoric Are ░░░░░░░░ simply more opportunities to ░░░░░░░░ fear and intimidation today ░░░░░░░░ ever before Do the ░░░░░░░░ in which we now ░░░░░░░░ often anonymously and from ░░░░░░░░ great distance offer license ░░░░░░░░ those who want to ░░░░░░░░ who want to discriminate ░░░░░░░░ want to poison Some ░░░░░░░░ you may have read ░░░░░░░░ that I m on ░░░░░░░░ I m not a ░░░░░░░░ I am there to ░░░░░░░░ to read especially what ░░░░░░░░ being said about the ░░░░░░░░ and its mission Sometimes ░░░░░░░░ s a wonderful place ░░░░░░░░ it s a depressing ░░░░░░░░ Sometimes it feels like ░░░░░░░░ m all of a ░░░░░░░░ immediately in every dive ░░░░░░░░ in America where I ░░░░░░░░ hear everybody screaming at ░░░░░░░░ television set But it ░░░░░░░░ free speech You do ░░░░░░░░ have to like it ░░░░░░░░ don t have to ░░░░░░░░ with it but we ░░░░░░░░ protect it because it ░░░░░░░░ the bedrock of this ░░░░░░░░ country.”