Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 30, 2007
Bush Justice Department's Civil Rights Claims Don't Withstand Scrutiny
Forum Column - By Earl Ofari Hutchinson - Despite boasting of legal breakthroughs, the administration has witnessed an increase in hate crimes while overseeing huge drops in prosecutions.
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson
The resignation of the Justice Department's top-gun civil rights enforcer Wan J. Kim came against the backdrop of sharp Congressional criticism that the department has been outrageously politicized by conservative Bush appointees. The not-so-subtle inference was that civil rights enforcement had virtually ceased to exist. There were ironies all over this charge. Start with Kim, now the for...
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