As expected, the Department of Justice announced today that no civil rights charges would be filed against Officer Darren Wilson in the August 2014 fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Mike Brown. This announcement comes on the heels of a separate DOJ report condemning the Ferguson, Mo., police department for systemic racial profiling and excessive force by officers. Full details of that report were released today.
Avvo legal analyst and prominent civil rights attorney Lisa Bloom covered yesterday’s announcement on Twitter, and continues her coverage today.
RT @voxdotcom: Read the full, shocking DOJ report on racism in the Ferguson PD http://t.co/wkfHnhskGH pic.twitter.com/CrTdXL1rfB
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
Stunning DOJ conclusion: In Ferguson, racism was profitable. http://t.co/DlJY4GlmSB
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
As Ferguson protestors have been saying for months: police have been illegally harassing our community: http://t.co/qyfiL05Djl
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
RT @AdamSerwer: Ferguson courts forced a black woman into homelessness over a single illegal parking incident. http://t.co/U37wCqwS7e
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
RT @WesleyLowery: 32-year-old black man resting in his car after playing basketball. Then Ferguson PD shows up… pic.twitter.com/Trg6IvtwfJ
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
Think white cops setting dogs on blacks is confined to the 1950s? Nope, not in Ferguson, according to DOJ. http://t.co/cyzcThoQAP
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
Impt DOJ conclusion: stop blaming protesters. Stop blaming "outside agitators." Ferguson PD is the one at fault. pic.twitter.com/uuppdv2SAE
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
BREAKING: statement of sorrow and hope from Mike Brown's parents. pic.twitter.com/o3Go5FBzPv
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
Racist emails sent by Ferguson officials, from work emails during work hours. NO ONE DISCIPLINED. All should be fired pic.twitter.com/JwdcsbDwuh
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
DOJ report not only finds PD responsible for endemic racism, but city officials and courts. Problem as wide as it is deep.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
READ: DOJ: Extreme racial bias and excessive force by Ferguson police
While Darren Wilson escapes federal & state criminal charges, DOJ report chock full of evidence helpful to potential civil claim against PD
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
If DOJ did a similarly in depth examination in other PDs nationwide, how many would be similarly indicted? Somewhere between many and most.
— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) March 4, 2015
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