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Thread #157420   Message #3716617
Posted By: Richard Bridge
14-Jun-15 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: Racism in US police (Ferguson)
Subject: RE: BS: Racism in US police (Ferguson)
No, fugitive from sanity. Slavery in England has never been recognised by the common law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset_v_Stewart.

And the fatal shot was fired when there was ABSOLUTELY no chance of Brown reaching Wilson.

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Department of Justice investigation into the Ferguson Police Department[edit]
On September 5, 2014, the U. S. Department of Justice began an investigation of the Ferguson, Missouri police force to examine whether officers routinely engaged in racial profiling or showed a pattern of excessive force. The investigation was separate from the federal department's other investigation of the shooting of Michael Brown.[229] The results of the investigation were released in a March 4, 2015 report, which concluded that police officers in Ferguson routinely violated the constitutional rights of the city's residents, by discriminating against African Americans and applying racial stereotypes, in a "pattern or practice of unlawful conduct".[230][231]

Brown family lawsuit[edit]
On April 23, 2015, the Brown family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Wilson, Jackson, and the City of Ferguson, asking for damages in excess of $75,000 as well as attorney's fees.[232][233]

Dorian Johnson lawsuit[edit]
On April 29, 2015, Johnson filed a lawsuit against Wilson, Jackson, and the City of Ferguson for being stopped by Wilson without probable cause, reasonable suspicion or legal justification to detain him. The lawsuit claimed that according to the findings of the DOJ report about the Ferguson Police Department, law enforcement efforts focussed on generating revenue rather than protecting the town's citizens. Johnson seeks US$25,000 in damages.[234][235][236]"