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Law Enforcement Group Begins
Anti-Reno Petition Drive
By Jim Burns
CNS Senior Staff Writer
27 April, 2000
(CNSNews.com) - The Law Enforcement
Alliance of America, a Washington-based
group of over 65,000 members that calls
itself a "nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of
law enforcement professionals, crime
victims and concerned citizens united for
justice," have begun a petition drive
designed to have Janet Reno "fired" as
Attorney General of the United States.
The petition reads in part, "Attorney
General Janet Reno should be immediately
removed from office for malfeasance and
abuse of power. Janet Reno's infamous 5:00
am raid in the Elian Gonzalez case
transcends the issues of custody, revealing
a US government willing to invade private
homes at gunpoint in violation of
Constitutional protections."
"Janet Reno's America", according to the
petition, "is one where an American
President and Vice President are allowed to
obstruct justice with the complicity of the
top law enforcement officer in the land."
"We believe in an America where individual
rights are protected from the power of the
federal government, and not merely
tolerated until the government's patience
runs out. We, the undersigned, urge that
Janet Reno be fired because her America
must be rejected for freedom to stand."
LEAA has set a petition due date for July
4th. The petition recipients will be
Presidential candidates Al Gore and George
W Bush plus Senate Republican Leader
Trent Lott (R-MS) and House Speaker
Dennis Hastert (R-IL).
LEAA Executive Director Jim Fotis, a
retired New York City police officer, said in
a statement that federal agents seized a
"little boy" hopelessly embroiled in a
custody battle that had gone bad.
"There are many disturbing aspects to this
raid, not the least of which is that the
Department of Justice (DOJ) took
provocative action and unwarranted action
and then left it to local law enforcement to
clean up their mess," Fotis said.
Fotis was also disturbed over the amount of
force the federal government used to snatch
Elian.
"A basic law enforcement principal,
although Janet Reno can't seem to operate
this way, is to use the minimum amount of
force needed to accomplish a task and
overcome resistance. Every street cop in
America knows this is the standard that is
applied. This has been the standard that
local cops have used to defend themselves
from needless prosecution by Reno's DOJ
for offenses much less serious than what
has occurred here," Fotis said.
By carrying out the raid, Fotis thinks, the
Clinton administration may have damaged
the "public's confidence in law enforcement,
especially among minorities."
"I believe that this administration has
proved that, if this had been local officers
involved in such an action with as much
force, targeting minorities, the DOJ would
be preparing to file criminal charges against
those officers. It is time to stop the double
standard. Janet Reno, and those in the
Clinton-Gore administration that supported
this action, should be held accountable,"
Fotis said.
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