Eric Holder

A community where local authorities consistently approach law enforcement, not as a means for protecting public safety, but as a way to generate revenue, a community where both policing and municipal court practices were found to be…

Those were, I think as everyone can agree, if not criminal, they were certainly outrageous and unacceptable.

I'm satisfied with the progress that the Criminal Division has done. The Civil Rights Division, as well.

except for property that directly relates to public safety concerns, including firearms, ammunition, explosives, and properties associated with child pornography.

It is not prosecutorial discretion to go into a law and say an entire category of people will no longer be subject to the law.

There could be no greater danger for individual liberty.

This is a huge erosion of constitutional powers of the United States Congress.

I believe this is not a--just a partisan matter.

outrageous and unacceptable.

That is the Attorney General's duty.

Eric Holder even previewed this decision where he said, you know, this cases are very hard to bring.

unless it's a public safety issue, that federal agencies can no longer keep the money that local police departments send to Washington under federal law.

the federal government will no longer take part in most of these seizures.

He is going to unveil guidelines that will be disseminated to federal law enforcement to greatly limit now the use of racial profiling, again, by federal law enforcement.

He's assured them that their son's tragic death will be thoroughly investigated, the circumstances surrounding it.

Holder told CNN's Evan Perez, he never intended to stay for the duration of President Obama's second term. And that now is the right time to step down.

Eric Holder is stepping down after six years as attorney general. He announced his resignation today.

I am hopeful that out of this tragedy comes something much better, that we see a different kind of policing in Ferguson.

It tells you a little bit about what they're trying do, which is to reassure the people of Ferguson; the family, who they're going to meet tomorrow.

It will be interesting to see how the attorney general navigates and how -- whether he vouches for the state investigation as well as the federal investigation.

He is going to be meeting with the FBI agents who are doing the investigation with the prosecutors, civil rights prosecutors who are here.

The people of this town can have confidence in the Justice Department. It intends to learn in a fair and thorough manner exactly what happened.

The Syrian conflict has turned that region into a cradle of violent extremism.

the Syrian conflict has turned that region into a cradle of violent extremism.

And this is a very real thing. Just last month or so the first American -- became a suicide bomber. So this is not a theoretical problem that we are dealing with. This is something very real.