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Liza: “Thank God that AG Holder is going after ALL of the corruption, cover ups, and human rights abuses in Ferguson. And, sadly, I suspect we’ll eventually learn that what has been going on in that town is far worse than we imagined.”

http://3chicspolitico.com/2014/09/04/video-attorney-general-eric-holder-announces-ferguson-mo-police-probe/

Eric Holder Opens Broad Probe Into Ferguson Police

Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced a sweeping federal civil rights investigation of the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, citing a “deep mistrust” between officers and the people who live there.

Holder said the investigation would determine whether officers in Ferguson had “engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the U.S. Constitution or federal law.”

He said that the investigation would analyze police use of force, traffic stops, searches and the treatment of detainees. It will go beyond the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white officer, Darren Wilson, on Aug. 9.

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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said it had opened more than 20 similar investigations into police departments across the country over the past five years. It said it is enforcing 14 agreements to “reform law enforcement practices at agencies large and small.”

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/eric-holder-opens-broad-probe-ferguson-police-n195886