AG Holder Assures Americans that DOJ Investigation into Michael Brown Shooting Ongoing
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Drew Angerer/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — In a speech in Atlanta, Attorney General Eric Holder assured Americans that the Department of Justice’s investigation into both the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo. police officer and the allegations of unconstitutional policing matters by the Ferguson Police Department remain ongoing.
The investigations, Holder said, “have been rigorous and independent from the very beginning.” Noting that “while federal civil rights law imposes an extremely high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted prejudging the evidence of forming premature conclusions.”
“I want to assure the American people that they will continue to be conducted both thoroughly and in a timely manner,” Holder added. “We will see these investigations through to their appropriate conclusions, so that we can continue to work with the community to restore trust, to rebuild understanding, and to foster renewed cooperation between law enforcement and community members.”
Holder also said that in the coming days, he would, “announce updated Justice Department guidance regarding profiling by federal law enforcement, which will institute rigorous new standards — and robust safeguards — to help end racial profiling once and for all.”
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