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May 3,2000

Law Enforcement Group Launches Drive to Fire Reno 4/28/00 5:52:16 AM

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By Jim Burns, CNS Senior Staff Writer (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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