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Eric Holder: It’s too hard to bring federal civil rights cases

Three days after the Justice Department confirmed that it would not bring civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, and with the department expected in the coming days to announce no charges in the killing of Ferguson, Missouri teen Michael Brown, departing Attorney General Eric Holder suggested in a new interview that it's time to consider a new "standard of proof" for handing down civil rights charges.Speaking with Politico's Mike Allen, Holder touted his department's record number of civil rights cases against police departments, but he hinted at dissatisfaction with the hurdles Justice must clear before intervening."I think some serious consideration needs to be given to the standard of proof that has to be met before federal involvement is appropriate, and that’s something that I am going to be talking about before — before I leave office," Holder told Allen.Continue Reading...

 

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