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By Lynn Sweet Washington Bureau Chief December 13, 2014 9:46AM

Derrick Rose wearing a shirt saying 'I Can't Breathe" before a recent Chicago Bulls game. | Sun-Times Media file

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Updated: December 14, 2014 2:28AM

CHICAGO With the nation at another important moment in race relations, I asked Attorney General Eric Holder what he thought of Derrick Rose and LeBron James wearing I Cant Breathe T-shirts and if what they were doing was helpful.

Derrick Rose wore it first, Holder reminded me about the Chicago Bulls superstar as he applauded the silent protest heard across the country.

As my son would point out, everybody copied him. Derrick Rose was the first one in the NBA to wear it.

In the eyes of Holders 16-year-old son, Eric III, Rose ranks higher than the attorney general. I think thats a good thing, Holder said.

We were talking in a Dirksen Federal Building office overlooking Dearborn Street on Friday.

Chicago was the latest stop on Holders national tour meeting with local law enforcement, government, religious, educational, civic and community leaders in the wake of Ferguson and Staten Island, where white police officers escaped indictments after the deaths of unarmed black men.

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