WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she’ll decide soon whether the Justice Department will undertake a civil rights investigation into the Baltimore police department.
Lynch is testifying Thursday before a Senate subcommittee, her first appearance before Congress since being sworn in last week.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to investigate the policingpractices of the entire city police force. The request followed the unrest that roiled the city after the death of a 25-year-old man who was severely injured in police custody.
Baltimore had already been participating in a voluntary Justice Department review, but Lynch told Congress that it’s possible more may need to be done.
She says she’s now in the process of considering the request for a full-fledged civil rights investigation.
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