Ferguson police to be investigated

September 4, 2014
Mariah Timms
News Writer
National News

The Justice Department will open a new investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, MO, police department in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown last month. Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot multiple times and killed by Officer Darren Wilson, a white man, on August 9. Outcry over the lack of charges filed to Wilson led to protests and marches in the St. Louis suburb, some of which turned violent.

This investigation will be wider in scope than the one into the Mike Brown case, and will analyze the actions of the department in past years.