Tag Archives: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Finally, two months after five officers shot and killed 26-year-old black man Mario Woods, the US Department of Justice will launch an investigation into his death.  The killing has prompted widespread criticism of the SFPD after cell phone videos surfaced calling into question whether the officers’ use of force was justified. …

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the highest law enforcement official in the United States, spoke out on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.  She compared the public’s involvement in stories of police misconduct with the brutality of the Civil Right’s Movement. “The televising of the police dogs and …