There are a whole variety of reasons I want to be attorney general, a whole variety of things that I do as attorney general that go beyond national security. Eric Holder attorneygeneralnational Change image and share on social
Communities of color don't understand what it means to be a police officer, the fear that police officers have in just being on the streets. Eric Holder colorcommunityfear Change image and share on social
I still think that we have a hesitance to talk about things racial. And I think we do it at our detriment. We go from incident to incident, and we have spikes in which race becomes something that we talk about, as opposed to talking about race in those less contentious times when I think we might make more progress. Eric Holder contentiousdetrimenthesitance share on social
I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons. Eric Holder goodjaillong Change image and share on social
People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things, they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we've not engaged in. Eric Holder characterizedialogueengage share on social
One cannot understate the importance of eliminating Bin Laden. He was a symbolic head of the organisation and, as we now know, an operational head of the organisation. Eric Holder bineliminatehead Change image and share on social
Displays of force in response to mostly peaceful demonstrations can be counterproductive. Eric Holder counterproductivedemonstrationdisplay Change image and share on social
I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American President of the United States. And that has to show that we have made a great deal of progress. But there's still more we have to travel along this road so we get to the place that is consistent with our founding ideals. Eric Holder africanamericanattorney share on social
On a personal level, I've seen a lot in my time as attorney general, but few things have affected me as greatly as my visit to Ferguson. I had the chance to meet with the family of Michael Brown. I spoke to them not just as attorney general but as a father of a teenage son myself. Eric Holder affectattorneybrown share on social
Well, I think the American people have to understand that the Mexican government is committed, in a very substantial way, to eradicating the effect of the impact of the cartels on Mexico. We have - what are called vetted units down there. Units that have been vetted by our law enforcement people there, the people with whom we deal - primarily. Eric Holder americancallcartel share on social