Karl Rove Praises Holder for Ferguson: ‘I Think He Did Something of a Good Job’

‘I think Holder did a good thing by saying, I understand where you’re coming from because I have felt racial prejudice in my own life, even when I was a prosecutor’

Karl Rove Praises Holder for Ferguson: ‘I Think He Did Something of a Good Job’ (RealClearPolitics)

KARL ROVE: I think he did something of a good job. We have two narratives here. One narrative emerging from the black community that the police killed a young black man who was approaching with his arms up, saying don't shoot. We have a second narrative which is we have a young - a violent young black man who assaulted a police officer and the police officer felt threatened. We won't know until the justice system works its way through which narrative is correct. I think Holder did a good thing by going to the community and saying, as a chief law enforcement officer in the country, I understand where you're coming from because I have felt racial prejudice in my own life, even when I was a prosecutor.

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