The Department of Justice is currently preparing to sue the city of Ferguson over discriminatory policing, if they do not agree to fix alleged police tactics involving racial discrimination.
According to CNN, Attorney General Eric Holder is set to announce the results of the DOJ’s investigation of the shooting of Michael Brown, who was unarmed and shot by Officer Darren Wilson in August 2014. He will be making the announcement of the investigations, as well as the probe of the police department, just before he leaves office in the coming weeks.
Reports say that the Department of Justice plans to not charge Wilson for the shooting, but they do hope to “outline findings that allege a pattern of discriminatory tactics used by the Ferguson police.”
The site reports:
If they don’t agree to review and revise those tactics, sources say, the Justice Department would sue to force changes in the department.
Among the issues expected to be part of the Justice Department’s lawsuit are allegations made in a recent lawsuit filed by a group of low-income people who claimed officers in Ferguson and nearby Jennings targeted minorities with minor traffic infractions and then jailed them when they couldn’t pay fines.
The Justice Department action would ask for court supervision of changes at the Ferguson Police Department to improve how police deal with the minority communities they are supposed to protect.
Holder also remarked that he feels as though people will be “satisfied with the results that will be announced.”
Stay tuned for more details as they come.
SOURCE: CNN | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty
