“This presents this nation with, I think, a unique opportunity,” Holder said, according to CNN. “And I think it’s incumbent on all of us to seize this opportunity to deal with issues that for too long have been ignored.”

Holder kicked off the first of a series of community forums on Ferguson at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and said he will, in the coming days, “announce updated Justice Department guidance regarding profiling by federal law enforcement, which will institute rigorous new standards—and robust safeguards—to help end racial profiling, once and for all.”

“This new guidance will codify our commitment to the very highest standards of fair and effective policing,” Holder said.

Holder was reportedly heckled at the event but told the hecklers that, “I ain’t mad atcha, all right?”

“There will be a tendency on the part of some to condemn what we just saw, but we shouldn’t,” Holder reportedly…

1. The initial story you hear is probably a lie.

2. The Left has zero interest in discussing why black Americans are really more likely to be shot by police officers.

From John: “The numbers can vary depending on whose statistics you’re looking at, but using the best estimate available, black Americans seem to be 3 times more likely to die at the hands of the police than white Americans. Could there be a possible explanation for this that goes beyond racism? Actually, yes.

Today blacks are about 13 percent of the population and continue to be responsible for an inordinate amount of crime. Between 1976 and 2005 blacks committed more than half of all murders in the United States. The black arrest rate for most offenses — including robbery, aggravated assault and property crimes — is still typically two to three times their representation in the population. Blacks…