Don't Expect the DOJ to Find Much in Ferguson

On August 9, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer. While multiple investigations are underway, it is clear that there are competing, if not totally contradictory, versions of the events leading up to the shooting. The reaction to the shooting has been both emotional and predictable. The community in Ferguson, where police–​community relations were apparently strained even before the incident, sees another case of an unarmed black youth gunned down by the police, and demand “justice,” including prosecution of the officer for murder, or in the alternative, prosecution by the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division for violation of Brown’s civil rights.

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