Former Congressman Lt. Col. Allen West criticized President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder for injecting themselves and politics into the investigation of the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., this week.
Appearing on WMAL radio in Washington this morning, West said the president and attorney general were "tilting the scales of justice" by stepping into the investigation. "You remember the Trayvon Martin case? Where Barack Obama said if he had a son he'd look like Trayvon? And now you have Eric Holder doing the same thing," West said.
"Just a couple weeks ago you had Eric Holder said he was proud to be an activist," West continued. "I don't think this is a good attorney general who is allowing the justice to play out for both sides."
"Why didn't he visit the police officer as well?" he asked. "Why didn't Eric Holder and everyone go to Chicago with the countless amounts of murders of young black man there?"
I also asked Rep. West about Holder's remarks that he spoke with Michael Brown's parents "not just as Attorney General, but as the father of a teenage son." The implication being that what happened to Michael Brown could have happened to any young man of color in America. I asked West if he agreed with this sentiment and if what happened to Michael Brown could have happened to a young Allen West.
"No, because even though I was raised in the inner city of Atlanta," West answered, "my parents inculcated in me respect and honor and I don't think it would have happened to me because I carry myself in a different manner."