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- Holder Seeks Cooperation Between Metro Detroit Muslims And Federal Government
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Nov 19, 2009GeneralU-S Attorney General Eric Holder told a crowd at Detroit’s Renaissance Center last night…that recent events show there remains a great need for cooperation between the federal government and Arab Americans.
US Attorney General Eric Holder
WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter has more…
Holder was the keynote speaker at the first awards banquet ever held by the group Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust.
The group is part of an effort by Metro Detroit Muslims and Arab Americans and federal authorities to work towards cooperation…rather than suspicion.
Holder says the recent massacre at Fort Hood Army Base…and an FBI raid in Metro Detroit that left a local Imam dead…should not replace cooperation with fear.
“The dialogue between law enforcement and those in the Muslim and Arab American communities has been tested in recent weeks…by events here in Michigan and events far away. Our resolve must not waiver. We must renew our commitment to open communication…even when we disagree.”
Holder adds that the Justice Department remains committed to ending racial profiling in everything from police raids to mortgage lending practices.