Thursday, September 4, 2014

Shooting in Ferguson : Policing Civil Rights Investigation

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2014/0904/Ferguson-shooting-US-Justice-Department-to-probe-for-discriminatory-policing


   The US Justice department will soon issue an investigation into the policing in Ferguson and other nearby cities after recent pattern of civil rights violations. They have already initiated a investigation into the death of 18 year old, Michael Brown who was shot and killed by a police officer to see if the police violated his civil rights. The second investigation focuses on a larger scale. This investigations looks at police policies to determine if the policies produce a pattern of excessive force and/or racial profiling.

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