WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has asked for the Justice Department to arrange an autopsy on the body of Michael Brown by a federal medical examiner.
Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon said in a news release on Sunday that Holder asked for the additional autopsy because of the “extraordinary circumstances involved in this case” and at the request of Brown’s family.
The 18-year-old Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer on Aug. 9. Brown was black and unarmed. Officer Darren Wilson is white.
Fallon says the autopsy will take place as soon as possible.
He also said the Justice Department will still take the state’s autopsy into account during the investigation.
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How many times was he shot in the back?
Jesus. Is there evidence that the first inquest was incompetent, or worse?
Given the degree to which the local authorities have shown their incompetence in handling this case, a second autopsy is definitely called for.
BAM. This is a horrible thing to even have to say, but I wonder how long the Ferguson coroner delays before releasing the body.
…and with bullets of of what caliber, from how many firearms? If he was shot with a rifle it looks even worse than if he was killed with pistol shots. And it already looks pretty damned bad.