Justice Department questions witnesses in Ferguson shooting
Source: LA Times
By MATT PEARCE, LAUREN RAAB, MAYA SRIKRISHNAN, RICHARD A. SERRANO
The Justice Department is pushing ahead with a possible federal criminal prosecution of the officer who shot an unarmed black man in Ferguson Mo., where peaceful protests were taking place Thursday evening under the new direction of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
Snip: Meanwhile, FBI and Justice Department investigators from St. Louis and Washington have already spoken with key witnesses who saw a Ferguson police officer kill Brown, Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. said Thursday. He pledged that the investigation to determine whether criminal charges would be filed would be “thorough and fair,” but cautioned that the review would “take time to conduct.”
Holder did not discuss the substance of the witness interviews, but his statement was a sharp departure from the silence of local officials, who have refused to discuss any aspect of their investigation and declined to name the officer who fired the fatal shots.
Earlier on Thursday, Obama said there was “no excuse” for “excessive force” by police or for looting or violence aimed at law enforcement. Obama said the police had a responsibility to be “open and transparent” about the events that led up to the shooting of Brown.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol
Christian Gooden / St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Capt. Ronald Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Gov. Jay Nixon, right, announced that the patrol was taking over security in Ferguson, Mo.
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