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U.S. Government Sues City Of Ferguson Over Police Reform

Rebecca Lawrence February 10, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter, America, Justice System, Police Misconduct

Michael Brown Sr., right, at a City Council meeting in Ferguson, Mo., on Tuesday. The death of his son in a police shooting in 2014 set off nationwide protests and attracted the scrutiny of the federal authorities. (Dan Gill/NYTimes)

The U.S. government and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are tired of waiting on Ferguson to clean up its police department. Today the feds filed a lawsuit against the Missouri City for unconstitutional police misconduct after the Ferguson City Council changed the terms of a deal it had been negotiating with the …