The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Ferguson, Mo., police department Thursday in an effort to obtain the department’s incident report on the shooting of an unarmed African-American teen.
Breaking: @ACLU files first lawsuit in Michael Brown case, under Missouri’s Sunshine Law, seeking police records. http://t.co/ECtNdSURDc
— Andrew Cohen (@CBSAndrew) August 14, 2014
The lawsuit alleged that the ACLU had been denied access to the department’s full report on the police shooting of Michael Brown on Saturday. The suit alleged that the denial was a violation of Missouri’s Sunshine Law.
The National Associated for the Advancement of Colored People also wrote a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, asking him “to take immediate action to address the unjustified use of lethal and excessive force by police officers.”
Read the ACLU lawsuit below.
Now THAT’S a picture worth a thousand words.
This town is going to spend the next 20 years in court over this out of control police riot. They might just as well file bankruptcy now.
Saw this morning that they are also withholding the number of times he was shot since it could be inflammatory.
So that means they aren’t telling his parents either, way to go Ferguson.
Don’t know if MO law allows it, but its past time for the Gov to have Stat Police take over the local cops and emergency managers replace the Municipal electeds and managers.
Thought I read on another site that after Anon released the cop’s name and photo this morning that the local police were being taken off the job. Anyone have corroboration on this? Edited.