Breaking: Justice Department to Launch Federal Investigation of Baltimore Police

[Hissyspit]

Source: Washington Post

Justice Department to launch federal investigation of Baltimore police

By Sari Horwitz May 7 at 9:00 PM

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch has decided to launch a federal investigation into whether the Baltimore Police Department has engaged in a “pattern or practice” of excessive force.

Lynch’s announcement about the Justice Department’s probe — the latest in a string of municipalities that are being investigated by the federal government for civil rights violations — could come as early as Friday, according to two law enforcement officials.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday night.

Lynch hinted Thursday that a decision could come soon, when she testified during her first hearing on Capitol Hill as attorney general. She said that she would decide “in the coming days” whether to have the department’s civil rights division open an investigation into the Baltimore police force.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/attorney-general-says-she-will-decide-soon-on-a-baltimore-investigation/2015/05/07/b3a422da-f4d4-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html

[BronxBoy]

1. Good.....

Cue the "Black woman is overstepping her bounds" complaints

[AuntPatsy]

2. Great news..perhaps this can stop the obvious cover up now in play

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

6. Yes indeed. Lookin forward to seeing some "heads roll".

[BrotherIvan]

3. Thank god for that!

[libdem4life]

4. Message to the rest of the "Protect and Serve Themselves" Mini-fiefdoms..you better clean-up

your forces and practices and bigots before we have to do it. And no, you can't outlaw videos of police. Behave yourselves and it won't be a problem. I just love it. Two strong African American women who are saying No...Just. No. I have a feeling she and Ms. Mosby will get the job done and show the rest how to do it.

[msongs]

5. how bout some racketeering investigations into police unions.. nt

[notadmblnd]

7. I believe that the mayor asked for the investigation

I recall reading an article here somewhere that an anonymous cop called into a radio program and said there were about 50 cops on the force that were going to stage a coup against the office.

here's the story http://thefreethoughtproject.com/blue-coup-baltimore-police-plotting-depose-mayor/

I was wondering if that had anything to do whit the mayor requesting an investigation of the PD