Department of Justice – Melanoid Nation Foundation https://www.melanoidnation.org Sat, 13 Feb 2016 20:28:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 City Of Ferguson, MO Is Being Sued By Dept. Of Justice Over Concerns Of Police Corruption https://www.melanoidnation.org/city-of-ferguson-mo-is-being-sued-by-dept-of-justice-over-concerns-of-police-corruption/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/city-of-ferguson-mo-is-being-sued-by-dept-of-justice-over-concerns-of-police-corruption/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2016 20:28:53 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=3223 The city of Ferguson, MO has been hit with a lawsuit via the Department of Justice.

The lawsuit–which was a civil rights lawsuit–was filed on Wednesday of this week (Feb. 11) upon the St. Louis suburb’s declination to change its law enforcement’s mistreatment of Melanoid people in that area.

An agreement was proposed by the Department of Justice which stated that law enforcement officials would be prevented from doing such things as shooting at moving vehicles, and making arrests without probable cause, among other things.

After a federal investigation was opened on Ferguson, the report revealed corruption on all levels of law enforcement in the city of Ferguson.

For more on this story, follow this link.

B. Clark

]]> https://www.melanoidnation.org/city-of-ferguson-mo-is-being-sued-by-dept-of-justice-over-concerns-of-police-corruption/feed/ 5 Federal Investigation Finds ‘No Evidence’ That Lynching of Otis Byrd Was a Homicide https://www.melanoidnation.org/federal-investigation-finds-no-evidence-that-lynching-of-otis-byrd-was-a-homicide/ https://www.melanoidnation.org/federal-investigation-finds-no-evidence-that-lynching-of-otis-byrd-was-a-homicide/#comments Fri, 29 May 2015 23:23:33 +0000 http://melanoidnation.org/?p=1834 In March, we here at Melanoid Nation ran a story that was a reminder that Jim Crow has returned to the United States.

Otis Byrd, the 54-year-old Melanoid man who was found hanging from a tree–quite likely from lynching–was denied of posthumous justice. The incident, which occurred in Claiborne County Mississippi, sparked much concern, and was the center of national news outlets.

Fast forward to today, and it has been ruled by the Department of Justice that there appears to be a lack of evidence needed to proceed with criminal civil rights charges in the death of Mr. Byrd.

Check out the story here for the rundown.

by B. Clark

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