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DOJ Civil Rights Official: Investigating Policing ‘A Top Priority’
Cybercast News Service ^ | May 18, 2016 | 2:38 PM EDT | Penny Starr

Posted on 05/18/2016 2:33:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said on Tuesday that investigating “policing work” is a “top priority.” […]

(Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita) Gupta, who noted she was appointed in October 2014 by President Barack Obama shortly after the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., following the death of a black man in police custody, said the division investigates both individual officers who may have violated the law and entire police departments. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: baltimore; doj; ferguson; freakstate; obama; police; policing; vanitagupta

1 posted on 05/18/2016 2:33:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Lynch is right for once. She should investigate the police for not arresting Hillary.

Oh wait....

5.56mm


2 posted on 05/18/2016 2:37:12 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Olog-hai

No. “proving” that all White police are racist is the priority.


3 posted on 05/18/2016 2:39:06 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Freedom of speech: an illusion that Americans hold fast to, although it disappeared decades ago.)
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To: Olog-hai

At what point was Michael Brown “in police custody”? If he had been the “hands up, don’t shoot” would be more of a myth than it already is. This makes it sound like he was restrained, and then executed.


4 posted on 05/18/2016 2:47:31 PM PDT by Chipper (You can't kill an Obamazombie by destroying the brain...they didn't have one to begin with.)
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To: Chipper

Brown was not in custody. He was fresh from a strong arm robbery and attacking a police officer, presumably with intent to murder since Brown had made and attempt to take the officer’s pistol.


5 posted on 05/18/2016 7:26:22 PM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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