Headline Roundup March 4, 2015
Darren Wilson Cleared
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Wall Street Journal (News)
The Justice Department said it would not file federal civil-rights charges against the former Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen last year, saying the U.S. couldn’t disprove the officer’s claims he fired because he feared for his safety.
At the same time, the Justice Department painted a damning portrait of widespread racial bias in the Ferguson police department, releasing a lengthy report
New York Times (News)
Offering the most definitive account yet of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager that stirred racially charged protests across the country, the Justice Department has cleared a Ferguson, Mo., police officer of civil rights violations in the death last August of Michael Brown.
The decision, announced on Wednesday, ends a lengthy investigation into the shooting last August, in which the officer, Darren Wilson shot and killed Mr. Brown in the street as he tried to stop him for a possible theft. Several witnesses said Mr. Brown, 18, had his...
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will not prosecute former Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, while also releasing a report faulting the city and its law enforcement for racial bias.
In the criminal investigation, federal officials concluded Wilson's actions "do not constitute prosecutable violations under the applicable federal criminal rights statute."
Specifically, the DOJ said there was "no evidence" to disprove Wilson's testimon
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