DOJ to open criminal civil rights investigation into Eric Garner's death
CBS News -- December 3, 2014
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Holder promised "an independent, thorough, fair and expeditious" investigation. Additionally, he said, the Justice Department will conduct a complete review of the material gathered during the local investigation into Garner's death. Holder said he spoke with Garner's widow, President Obama, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio earlier in the day to inform them of the Justice Department's next moves.
Garner's death was a tragedy, Holder said. "All lives must be valued -- all lives," he added.
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Holder and Lynch Tell de Blasio DOJ Will Investigate Garner Case
mediaite.com -- December 3, 2014
During his remarks about the grand jury decision not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio revealed that Attorney General Eric Holder and his nominated replacement Loretta Lynch (who also happens to be the U.S. Attorney for the district in which the incident occurred) will pursue a federal investigation into this case.
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In The Wake Of Ferguson Decision, Americans Support DOJ Investigation, Body Cameras
huffingtonpost.com -- December 4, 2014
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a HuffPost/YouGov poll finds ... most also support a separate civil rights investigation into the police department and a proposal for officers to wear body cameras.
Justice Department's investigation into Cleveland Police's use of force
cleveland.com -- December 4, 2014
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The U.S. Justice Department's report on the use of force by Cleveland police officers includes 16 examples that investigators use to illustrate what they conclude is police misconduct. NEOMG's Karen Farkas takes a capsule look at the 16 incidents here.
AG Holder Assures Americans that DOJ Investigation into Michael Brown Shooting Ongoing
mycentraloregon.com -- Dec 1, 2014
Attorney General Eric Holder assured Americans that the Department of Justice’s investigation into both the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo. police officer and the allegations of unconstitutional policing matters by the Ferguson Police Department remain ongoing.
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DOJ Investigating An ‘American Problem’ In New York, Ferguson And Cleveland
HereAndNow.wbur.org -- December 4, 2014
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced it would launch a federal civil rights investigation into the death of the man, Eric Garner.
Meanwhile, separate investigations are underway in Ferguson, Missouri, where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer, and Cleveland, Ohio, where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by an officer while carrying a BB gun.
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The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
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performed by Tracy Chapman
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who that it's namin'
For the loser now will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside and it is ragin'
It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
If only they would
a-change much faster ...