[2ndDivisionVet]

Yes, you read that right.

[Salvavida]

If I were a Ferguson cop, I’d secure a U-Haul one way. Some people are not worth protecting.

[TigersEye]

Under what authority does the DoJ make that demand? Demand that they cite the statute.

[FlingWingFlyer]

What the Fluke is a “civil rights investigator”?

[xrmusn]

They should have the EXACT same response as the ‘animals’ in FL and Ferguson would tell them if they were ‘banned’ from wearing I am Trayvon or I am whotheflockever shirts and hats etc. OR get told to get the garbage memorial off the middle of the street.

[Islander2]

[“In a democracy, people need to know who their police are.” ]

More than that, they need to know who the criminals are who are living amongst them.

It makes sense then that in the black community if you need help against someone committing a criminal act upon you, don’t call the police, call a criminal. You would feel safer, right? After all, the bruthahs, sistas and muthas is all law abidin’ and know how to end the confrontation humanely and without violence.

[Vendome]

It is not constitutional for you to dictate what LEO’s may not wear.

You gonna tell em to not wear flags because it might offend someone?

Maybe they shouldn’t wear black bands in support of a fallen brother.

Or, no wearing of ribbons to support cancer research?

Maybe LEO’s shouldn’t be allowed to shave their heads and donate hair for kids?

Pound sand...

I am Darren Wilson...

[jonrick46]

We are seeing the Left moving this nation from the rule of law to tribal rule. It is opening the door to Sharia Law where the local culture had its own tribal chieftain that demands individual obligations or duties to the community and does not recognize individual rights.

[Organic Panic]

We have a right to know who is policing us Holder? Like the thousands of nameless bureaucrats who write endless regulations and rules that turn us all in to criminals? On what authority can Holder demand police stop wearing the braceletts. Melanin uber alles.

[wardaddy]

Christy. Lopez is a hardcore leftist activist lawyer....like most in Holders DOJ

Been active 10 years

You have to wonder what creates such monsters

No orgasms....ever?.....she’s not as hideous as usual

Folks like her would have been on the Committee for Public Safety during the Reign of Terror

They can only wish....for now

It seems every conceivable racial and religious minority in America along with pissed off oppressed womyn desire to destroy America as we knew it

We’ve given them the means and the power

[MasterGunner01]

Ferguson PD officers should tell DoJ to stuff it. They have no business ordering anyone to do anything.

[muir_redwoods]

In a democracy? We live in a republic.

[DemforBush]

“Civil rights investigators with the U.S. Justice Department told Ferguson, Mo. police chief Tom Jackson that he needs to ban his officers from wearing bracelets supporting the officer who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.”

One wonders if there was a lot of arm-twisting and thinly-veiled threats made behind the scenes by these investigators. I can’t see how they could possibly have legitimate constitutional authority to order a municipal (i.e. non-federal) police force to remove the bracelets.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The FBI and other sources homicide by law enforcement figures below include the majority of all police departments.

The point of this reply is to point out that whites are the most likely to die while being arrested for example.

The Obama-Holder U.S. Dept. Just Us and the race-grievance industry will of course exploit all shootings to the max vis-a-vis race more than any concern for the poor victim.

The ARD data show that whites are more likely to die while being arrested and IMO there is no doubt that some of those deaths were the intention of the police.

What about the larger number of whites and Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD)? Why is that okay with Obama, the race-grievance industry, and the media? We never see coverage of questionable ARDs involving whites that's anything close to Ferguson for example.

Especially what about Ms Carey the young woman chased, surrounded and gunned down by federal agents in D.C.? Where's Obama-Holder caring about her and her baby?

Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables

"From 2003 through 2009, a total of 4,813 deaths were reported to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program."

Of these, about 6 in 10 deaths (2,931) were classified as homicide by law enforcement personnel, and 4 in 10 (1,882) were attributed to other manners of death.

Table 1 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death, 2003-2009

Manner of death	2003-2009	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
All manners	4,813	627	673	689	721	745	629	729
Homicide —by law enforcement	2,931	376	375	377	447	455	404	497
by other persons	27	3	4	4	2	7	3	4
Suicide	541	60	84	82	67	78	76	94
Intoxication	525	83	83	90	76	89	54	50
Accidental injury	272	53	41	47	39	35	28	29
Natural causes	244	26	46	32	34	42	33	31
Unknown	273	26	40	57	56	39	31	24

Note: Due to variation in reporting, caution should be used in comparing counts from year to year. See Methodology for information on missing data by state for each year. Counts may differ from previous publication due to additional information.

Table 5 Number of reported arrest-related deaths, by manner of death and demographic characteristics, 2003-2009

Demographic characteristics	All manners	Homicide	Suicide	Intoxication	Accident	Natural causes	Unknown
Total	4,813	2,958	541	525	272	244	273
Sex
Male	4,594	2,851	517	490	259	218	259
Female	218	107	24	35	13	26	13
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Race/Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic	2,026	1,233	327	178	95	110	83
Black, non-Hispanic	1,529	937	80	217	111	85	99
Hispanic	949	599	110	109	55	29	47
Other*	150	107	12	17	4	4	6
Unknown	159	82	12	4	7	16	38
Age
17 or younger	127	99	6	5	13	0	4
18-24	909	685	80	53	54	10	27
25-34	1,391	893	140	177	65	41	75
35-44	1,238	658	159	190	78	66	87
45-54	752	390	105	84	45	75	53
55 or older	317	188	44	11	12	52	10
Unknown	79	45	7	5	5	0	17

*Includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders, and persons of two or more races.

To me this shows that it is not a racial thing. It happens to all races. These figures however do not show those thought "murdered" by police. I have not yet located data for recent years. Why can't I find data for recent years? I do not know.. maybe the Dept of Just Us and Race-Grievance Industry don't want it known that whites are the most likely to die being arrested.

[Popman]

I guess city council should be happy now that the DOJ is picking up the tab for the police dept in Ferguson.....

I mean doesn’t your boss who pays you have a say in what you can’t wear???

0’ wait...

[Verginius Rufus]

Read the fine print to the First Amendment. Our right to free speech ends where Obama’s political advantage begins. It’s not in Obama’s interest to allow people to show support for Darren Wilson.

[stocksthatgoup]

No free speech for you!