US Attorney General Eric Holder Says DOJ has Reopened Civil Rights Division

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says Department of Justice reopened the Civil Rights Division.

Attorney General Eric Holder said, "we have reinvigorated the important work of our Civil Rights Division. Not only is this office once again open for business, it has never been stronger." Holder made this disclosure during while delivering a speech to the American Constitution Society.

"Now, some of you know during this administration's first fiscal year the Department filed a record number of civil rights criminal cases," Holder added. Source: Digital Journal

"We've also expanded enforcement efforts to guarantee that in our work places, our military bases, in our housing and lending markets, in our voting booths in our border areas, in our schools and places of worship. And I mean all places of worship," Holder also said.

Funny he should rave about his department's track record and goal of bring civil rights cases to justice but dropped the ball on the New Black Panthers' case when they clearly "violated the Voter Rights Act" when they used coercion, threats and intimidation against voters at a Philadelphia polling station during the November 2008 general election.