Department Of Justice Goes After Ferguson Police Department
"The lawsuit would move forward if the
Missouri city doesn’t agree to fix alleged police tactics that involve racial discrimination.
The Department of
Justice has been conducting a months-long investigation into
Ferguson following the death of
Michael Brown in August. According to
CNN, the results of the investigation will allege that there has been a pattern of discrimination by the city’ s police force.
Details about the alleged discrimination were not immediately available, but CNN and Politico — which reported Tuesday on a possible
DOJ case — both cited a recent lawsuit alleging that police targeted minorities for minor traffic violations and jailed them for not paying fines. That lawsuit was filed by St. Louis-area legal non-profit
Arch City Defenders and argues that Ferguson, along with nearby
Jennings, are relying on what amount to debtor’ s prisons.
However, Arch City Defenders
Executive Director Thomas Harvey told BuzzFeed
News in an email Wednesday that the “Politico narrative is completely misleading” and he does not know what the DOJ plans to do.
“To be clear, I have no information about the DOJ ’s intention,”
Harvey wrote. “ I have no idea if they intend to take any action against Ferguson or any other town. They didn’ t say one way or the other.”
Additional details were not immediately available Wednesday and the
Justice Department did not respond to BuzzFeed News’ request for comment."
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