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What Jurisdiction Does DOJ Have In Ferguson, MO Matter?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:50 am
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:50 am
Honest question.
There has been zero evidence that this was a racially motivated shooting, so I cannot see how the federal civil rights act would grant jurisdiction.
What is the deal?
There has been zero evidence that this was a racially motivated shooting, so I cannot see how the federal civil rights act would grant jurisdiction.
What is the deal?
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Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:52 am to DeltaDoc
Its a white mayor in a predominately black town. Ergo, civil rights violation.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:54 am to DeltaDoc
51/53 Police Officers are White
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:55 am to TOKEN
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51/53 Police Officers are White
Which means what?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:57 am to bamarep
Obama/Holder just race baiting. They are the next Al/Jesse..
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:59 am to bamarep
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Which means what?
Apparently a lot of black folks in the town don't want to be police officers.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 8:59 am to bamarep
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Which means what?
Must mean a town with a population of about 21,000 with 53 cops has a big crime problem. I live in a town of 4,100 and we have 5 cops on staff.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:05 am to bamarep
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Which means what?
Which means the town has issues with race.. The town is predominately black.. Let's just get all the facts out there. The racial makeup of the police department in this town is a problem and we are seeing the results play out on tv.. Whether or not a crime was committed by the officer ( I lean towards no with the limited info available) is irrelevant to the majority of the town because the narrative has been set.. A narrative that a blind monkey could have foreseen occurring some day with the power structure in ferguson.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:05 am to Homesick Tiger
Interestingly the town only became majority black in the last 20 years:
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The racial composition of Ferguson has shifted since 1990, however. In 1990, residents of Ferguson who were identified in the U.S. Census as White comprised 73.8% of the total, while those identified as Black made up 25.1%.[23] (The remainder, 1.1%, identified with other racial categories.) In the 2000 census, 44.7% were White and 52.4% were African American. In the 2010 census, 29.3% were White and 67.4% were African American.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:09 am to constant cough
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Interestingly the town only became majority black in the last 20 years:
White Flight is a bitch.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:14 am to teke184
Has the Ferguson Police Department had any federal findings through the EEOC that reflect a desperate impact in its hiring or promotional practices?
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:16 am to TOKEN
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TOKEN
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51/53 Police Officers are White
ISWYDT
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:16 am to DeltaDoc
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Honest question.
There has been zero evidence that this was a racially motivated shooting, so I cannot see how the federal civil rights act would grant jurisdiction.
What is the deal?
It doesn't have to be racially motivated.
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Section 242 of Title 18 makes it a crime for a person acting under color of any law to willfully deprive a person of a right or privilege protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
LINK
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:23 am to TOKEN
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51/53 Police Officers are White
How many African American applicants have been turned down? Honest question.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:25 am to SpidermanTUba
So, tell us what the DOJ's standards are for getting involved in local law enforcement issues, given that almost every (hardly an exaggeration) arrest, shooting or deprivation of property/freedom by local/state law enforcement involves an allegation of willful deprivation of a right or privilege protected by the US Constitution.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:56 am to McLemore
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So, tell us what the DOJ's standards are for getting involved in local law enforcement issues, given that almost every (hardly an exaggeration) arrest, shooting or deprivation of property/freedom by local/state law enforcement involves an allegation of willful deprivation of a right or privilege protected by the US Constitution.
Spoke with an FBI agent friend...apparently, every FBI office in the country has a few agents that get assigned to deprivation of rights under color of law complaints. It is the equivalent of latrine duty in the military for most - that or your youngest or worst agents typically fill this post.
They investigate a lot of these cases and almost never render a decision against the officer.
That said, it is almost unheard of for the AG to pay any real attention to these matters, but given the high profile nature of this case, that is why Holder has interjected himself.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 9:57 am to DeltaDoc
I'm pretty sure that's the statute the DOJ used to go after the officer's in the Katrina cases.
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:00 am to TROLA
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blind monkey
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:05 am to FalseProphet
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I'm pretty sure that's the statute the DOJ used to go after the officer's in the Katrina cases.
I think that is right
Posted on 8/19/14 at 10:08 am to Homesick Tiger
Homesick, I know two of those your talking about. Small world on The Rant.
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