The Department of Justice (DOJ) is expected to launch an investigation into the Baltimore police. They are investigating whether the police department has a track record of violating the constitutional rights of suspects and other residents as reported by POLITICO.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch is proving to be a female version of Eric Holder. She is expected to announce the probe on Friday.Local officials and civil rights activists have been asking for an investigation since last September when the Baltimore Sun reported $6 million in settlements were paid out by the city in police brutality cases. Ironically the DOJ did not respond until Baltimore was in the national spotlight: go figure.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Gray formally asked for the wide-ranging civil rights probe on Wednesday after Lynch held a series of meetings in the city. There are reports this is not the first time she has asked.
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The Justice Department is currently conducting a separate investigation into Gray’s death as well.
This federal probe could change the way the Baltimore police department is run. Holder has threatened in the past if the DOJ had to dismantle police departments and rebuild them, they would. Apparently Lynch is simply picking up where he left off.