Justice Department to investigate entire Ferguson police force

[CatWoman]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department is launching a civil rights probe into the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, several weeks after a white officer shot an unarmed black teenager, sparking racial unrest, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Citing two federal law enforcement officials, the Post said the investigation would also look at the practices of other police departments in St. Louis County.

The investigation could be announced as soon as Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by the department’s civil rights division, the Post said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/03/justice-department-to-investigate-entire-ferguson-police-force/

[MADem]

1. I think that's probably a very good course of action.

I'm glad they're widening the probe to include associated departments as well. It's obvious that there's a real problem in that area.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I wonder if the PD investigation will ...

expand to include VRA violations by the Ferguson courts based on their practices? ... their pattern of conduct couldn't have happened, for as long as it did, without a significant level of collusion/cooperation.

[CatWoman]

9. i think this is why Ferguson SUDDENLY decided to equip their police

with body cameras.

[geek tragedy]

2. Remember how Cornel West and his fellow O-haters lost their shit

because the admin treated this like an actual criminal case instead of an excuse to read a blog post in front of reporters?

This is how business gets taken care of.

[CatWoman]

5. like you've just lowered the standards for humanity?

[hrmjustin]

6. Nice try and good bye!

[Voice for Peace]

7. I'm thinking they may make an example of them.

It would be about time.
Abusive law enforcement ought to be shaking in their boots.

[Vine Gatherer]

8. You mean the Ferguson Police FARCE

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. Can you hear it? It's the sound of White People freaking out that Obama is going to disarm the cops.

[ncjustice80]

15. I welcome that.

Ive always maintained cops don t need guns or body armor- tools that only enhance theie aggression.

[Uncle Joe]

11. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, CatWoman.

[malaise]

12. Oops

Didn't see your thread

[onyourleft]

13. This is...

...very good news. Thanks for the post.

[jwirr]

14. This is great. Hopefully this will act as a deterent for all the other departments throughout the

USA that are causing so many of these unjustified shootings that we are reading about. This and the rethinking on the militarization of police mayb actually heip us see some change.

[hifiguy]

16. I wish I were a young government lawyer

when I read something like that. What a great opportunity to attempt to bring justice where there is none. Go get 'em!!

[blkmusclmachine]

17. Don't expect much, because ...

MUST.

LOOK.

FORWARD.



(Maybe the Feds want to root out the remaining good cops. All 1 of them.)

[A Simple Game]

18. I wonder how many on the Ferguson force still want to protect a murderer now. n/t