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ATLANTA, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Protesters repeatedly interrupted Attorney General Eric Holder while he was attempting to speak to an Atlanta church about the social unrest in Ferguson, Mo.

"There will be a tendency on the part of some to condemn what we just saw, but we should not," Holder said after quieting shouts of "no justice, no peace" at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church on Monday.

"What we saw there was a genuine expression of concern and involvement. And it is through that level of involvement, that level of concern and I hope a level of perseverance and commitment, that change ultimately will come. And so let me be clear, let me be clear, I ain't mad atcha, all right?"

Holder may not have been mad, but protesters were escorted out of the church after they refused to stop chanting. The demonstration continued outside the church.

Inside the church, Holder delivered the rest of his message to a more cooperative audience.

"Our overall system of justice must be strengthened and it must be made more fair," Holder said. In addition to alluding to the sweeping law enforcement reforms proposed by President Obama on Monday, the nation's top ranking law enforcement official also promised to "institute rigorous new standards and robust safeguards to help end racial profiling once and for all."

Listeners cheered from their seats when Holder reaffirmed the Justice Department's commitment to continuing to investigate whether Wilson violated Michael Brown's civil rights and overall nature of the Ferguson Police Department's history with non-white citizens.

"These twin investigations have been rigorous and they have been independent from the beginning. Now, while federal civil rights law imposes an extremely high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted prejudging the evidence or forming premature conclusions. And as these investigations proceed, I want to assure the American people that they will continue to be conducted thoroughly and in a timely manner, following the facts and the law wherever they may lead."

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