BREAKING: Audio was released today, in which an official from Obamas Department of Justice (DOJ) tried to convince Sanford, FL city officials to pursue legal action against George Zimmerman. In case youve been living under a rock for the past few months, Zimmerman is accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, a black teenager. Zimmerman says he shot the teen in self defense.
The audio was released by Judicial Watch. The DOJ official urges Sanford city officials and Dream Defenders (a minority advocacy group) to aggressively pursue legal action against Zimmerman because if a community perceives that theres something wrong in the black community, theres something wrong.
Thomas Battles, the regional director of the DOJs Community Relations Service, was recorded during a meeting at the Shiloh Church in April, 2012. He said, CRS is an arm of the department that we call the Peacemakers. We work with communities where there is real or perceived racial tensions.