WALL STREET JOURNAL Opinion
Why Eric Holder Won’t Let Go of Ferguson
The attorney general seems intent on taking one more jab at the police before leaving the Justice Department.
By
Jason L. Riley
Feb. 24, 2015 6:49 p.m. ET
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When all was said and done, the events that unfolded in Ferguson, Mo., last summer were not extraordinary but rather all too familiar. Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown, a black robbery suspect, resisted arrest, attacked a police officer and was shot dead. We’ve seen this movie many times before. But what might have prompted a helpful discussion about high crime rates in black communities has instead prompted a dishonest debate over police behavior.
Professional agitators in the civil-rights community push false narratives to stay relevant, but we should expect more from the Justice Department. Instead, we have Attorney General Eric Holder channeling Al Sharpton . Last week Mr. Holder said that he will soon announce the results of his Ferguson investigation. CNN, citing “sources,” reported that Darren Wilson, the police officer involved in the shooting, is unlikely to be charged but that Justice is preparing to sue the Ferguson police department “over a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by police officers, if the police department does not agree to make changes on its own.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/jason-l-riley-why-eric-holder-wont-let-go-of-ferguson-1424821747
Thanks, I had missed that one.