U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that he will soon unveil long-planned Justice Department guidance aimed at ending 'racial profiling' in U.S. police departments. Holder traveled to Atlanta to meet with law enforcement and community leaders for the first in a series of regional meetings around the country, taking place at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta – the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached. President Barack Obama had asked Holder to set up the meetings in the wake of clashes between protesters and police in Ferguson, Missouri. 'In the coming days, I will announce updated Justice Department guidance regarding profiling by federal law enforcement. This will institute rigorous new standards – and robust safeguards – to help end racial profiling, once and for all,' Holder said. 'This new guidance will codify our commitment to the very highest standards of fair and effective policing.'
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Outgoing attorney general spoke at the same Atlanta church where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached
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Promised 'rigorous new standards – and robust safeguards' that will stop police from using race as a factor when doing their jobs
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Holder is holding meetings with civil rights leaders to calm post-Ferguson tensions
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Obama asked federal agencies Monday for recommendations to ensure the US isn't building a 'militarized culture' within law enforcement
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