Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that the federal investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown is still underway and remains independent of the local probe.
“Though we have shared information with local prosecutors during the course of our investigation, the federal inquiry has been independent of the local one from the start, and remains so now,” Holder said in a statement released after a state prosecutor in Missouri announced a gran jury had declined to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. “And although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions.”
Holder called Brown’s death a “tragedy” and said that the Justice Department will “work with law enforcement, civil rights, faith and community leaders across the country to foster effective relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve and to improve fairness in the criminal justice system overall.”
He echoed President Obama’s calls for Ferguson protesters to refrain from violence in response to the St. Louis County grand jury decision.
“Though there will be disagreement with the grand jury’s decision not to indict, this feeling should not lead to violence,” Holder said. “It does not honor his memory to engage in violence or looting. In the coming days, it will likewise be important for local law enforcement authorities to respect the rights of demonstrators, and deescalate tensions by avoiding excessive displays—and uses—of force.”
This is another Holder joke.
Being a Missouri resident, I am appalled at the way my state handled this entire sad affair, right up to the Dem Governor that I have voted for twice as State AG, and twice now as Governor. He was totally inept of the handling of this from the very beginning, and never should have allowed the cop friendly County Attorney to have handled the Grand Jury. He is now surprisingly 5-0 in getting no indictment of a cop when shooting and killing a black male in St. Louis County.
I believe totally, that they knew of this verdict for some time before last night, as they had prepared far in advance for what they knew was going to be an uproar, and you could just tell from the way they have been talking for some time. Now Chris Hayes let it be known that killer cop has already been shopping his story (lies) around to networks, and he would not have been doing that, unless he knew he was not going to be indicted. The County Attorney did everything NOT to get a conviction, and I have yet to hear one prosecuting attorney, or former prosecuting attorney say that how he handled this was at all right, or normal. My fervent hope, is that the Brown family sues the pants off this now publicity hungry cop, and that he can go nowhere where he is not recognized.
Hmmmm, I just wonder how Holder would act if Michael Brown had been a Wall Street banker???
This is how the grand jury decided…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiw3vVy_eN8