11-73620 Godofredo Quintanilla Orellana v. Eric Holder, Jr.
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11-70601 Artak Hayrapetyan v. Eric Holder, Jr.
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Maintaining Public Safety while Safeguarding Constitutional Rights
In today #39;s video, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services are providing a new guide to law enforcement...
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the 44th Annual Congressional Black Caucus legislative conference Sept. 26, 2014, in Washington, D.C. T.J. Kirkpatrick, Getty Images
Attorney General Eric Holder privately expressed frustration to Missouri's governor over declaring a state of emergency ahead of a grand jury decision in last summer's police shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, a Justice Department official told CBS News.
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In anticipation of the grand jury decision on whether to charge a police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teen, Missouri Governo...
The official said Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon didn't give the department advance notice of the state of emergency and activation of the National Guard, CBS News reporter Paula Reid reports. Nixon took the actions Monday while a grand jury is deciding whether to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.
A decision from the grand jury is expected in the coming days.
Holder thought that Nixon's actions set the wrong tone and that the tone of his press conference Monday was counter-productive and served to escalate tensions well ahead of the grand jury decision, the official said.
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Rising tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, led to a confrontation outside of a police station Thursday night. CBS News saw several demonstrators arre...
Two sources have confirmed to Reid that the grand jury was expected to hear from one more witness Friday and then begin deliberations.
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Attorney General Eric Holder, pictured Sept. 4, says "durable relationships between police and their communities do not develop overnight." Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
Attorney General Eric Holder, pictured Sept. 4, says "durable relationships between police and their communities do not develop overnight."
Attorney General Eric Holder is urging law enforcement officers and protesters to keep the peace as a grand jury decision nears about whether to indict white police officer Darren Wilson for shooting dead a black 18-year-old who was unarmed in Ferguson, Mo.
For months, federal officials in Washington, D.C., have been on the ground in Missouri, offering training and tips to ease community tensions and try to prevent violence. That work has picked up steam in recent days as elected officials and protest groups in Ferguson steel for an announcement about the grand jury that's been hearing evidence since August.
In a video released today, Holder says, "The Justice Department encourages law enforcement officials in every jurisdiction to work with the communities that they serve to minimize needless confrontation."
Images of armored vehicles, police clad in riot gear, and weapons pointed at unarmed demonstrators protesting the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown startled the nation and provoked an ongoing conversation about "militarization" of local law enforcement. The American Civil Liberties Union responded by repeatedly suing local authorities in Missouri for allegedly violating the First Amendment rights of peaceful protesters.
Holder says in the video that "durable relationships between police and their communities do not develop overnight." And he praises the vast majority of law enforcement agents for behaving well amid the intense national glare.
But the attorney general says he has a message for protesters, too.
"History has ... shown us that the most successful and enduring movements for change are those that adhere to nonaggression and nonviolence. And so I ask all those who seek to lend their voice to important causes and discussions, and who seek to elevate these vital conversations, to do so in a way that respects the gravity of their subject matter," Holder says.
Holder, who's preparing to leave the Justice Department after the Senate confirms his successor, says he will continue to work on issues of community policing and implicit bias even after he retires from government service.
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Holder Calls For Calm As Ferguson Grand Jury Decision Looms