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Justice Dept. Shakes Up Inquiry Into Eric Garner Chokehold Case

  • October 25, 2016
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The Justice Department has replaced the New York team of agents and lawyers investigating the death of Eric Garner, officials said, a highly unusual shake-up that could jump-start the long-stalled case and put the government back on track to seek criminal charges. Mr. Garner, 43, died in 2014 on a Staten Island street corner, where two police officers confronted him and accused him of selling untaxed cigarettes. One of the officers, Daniel Pantaleo, was seen on a video using a chokehold, prohibited by the New York Police Department, to subdue him. Mr. Garner’s last words, “I can’t breathe,” became a…

Fixing the Force

  • June 27, 2016
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Since 1994, the Justice Department has had the power to investigate law enforcement agencies nationwide for a pattern or practice of civil-rights violations. Federal officials can then compel departments with systemic problems to enter agreements to reform. Explore the investigations by location, date, allegation or status, then click for more details about each case. Policing the Police Sources: Justice Department officials and documentation; interviews with police and city officials and civil-rights groups; news reports. This project was reported by Sarah Childress, senior digital reporter for FRONTLINE’s Enterprise Journalism Group. It was built by Chris Amico and Ly Chheng from FRONTLINE,…

U.S.: Some in Ferguson Who Are Part of Problem Are Asked to Help Solve It

  • March 6, 2015
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A report on civil rights violations and how various police and justice departments collude to uphold the rights of the whites agains the blak and poc populations By JOHN ELIGON and MATT APUZZOMARCH 5, 2015 FERGUSON, Mo. — When Mayor James Knowles III announced Wednesday that one official had been fired and two others were under investigation in connection with racist emails, he said that the behavior was “in no way representative” of the city or its employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/us/in-ferguson-some-who-are-part-of-problem-are-asked-to-be-part-of-solution.html?action=click&contentCollection=Middle%20East&region=Footer&module=TopNews&pgtype=article see also Report: What Is Wrong With the Ferguson Police Department? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/03/04/us/ferguson-police-racial-discrimination.html Read the whole REPORTferguson-police-department-report Another Report from FRONTLINE on…