Department of Justice Sues Ferguson, Which Reversed Course on Agreement
READ ABOUT: Little Rock's Newest Corrupt Police Chief Kenton Buckner Huffington Post Reports: Feds Sue Ferguson For Widespread Constitutional Violations And Racial Discrimination The Justice Department is suing Michael Brown's hometown after the city refused to accept a deal that would have reformed its mostly white police department. 02/10/2016 05:24 pm ET | Updated 4 days ago Ryan J. Reilly Justice Reporter, The Huffington Post Sebastian Murdock Reporter, The Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, on Wednesday in an effort to end what it described as patterns of constitutional violations by the city's police department and municipal court. The decision comes one day after Ferguson rejected a negotiated deal that would have set the St. Louis suburb on a path toward reforming its police department. The original deal was arranged over 11 months