Ex-FBI Official: Holder’s Ferguson Comments Created ‘Rift’ With Law Enforcement

CNSNews.com) – Attorney General Eric Holder’s comments following the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri created a “significant rift” between law enforcement and the Department of Justice (DOJ) that Holder’s successor will have to repair, says a former assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

"We look forward to Loretta Lynch's confirmation hearings to become the [next] attorney general, but there's no time to rejoice. Significant damage has been done and there is much work ahead to undo it,” said Ron Hosko, who is now president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund (LELDF), a group that provides financial assistance to “wrongfully accused/charged law enforcement officers.”

“I think the rift is substantial,” Hosko told CNSNews.com, pointing out that although Holder received a “polite reception” at a recent international conference of chiefs of police, “behind the scenes there was significant negativity.”

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