"Incident Report" on Michael Brown Death

FERGUSON, MO (PR) - On Aug. 12, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri asked the Ferguson Police Department to release the incident report for the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown. After the request was denied, the ACLU filed a Missouri Sunshine Law suit on Aug. 15. Late Thursday afternoon, the ACLU received a heavily redacted copy of the incident report. The St. Louis County Police Department had released their redacted incident report on Wednesday.

Fast, Furious and Curious

The same day that the Department of Justice went after some of the responsible of the world economy turmoil, Eric Holder was declared in revolt with Congress for the Fast and Furious program. Four more global banks are being investigated for the alleged financial market manipulation that led to fines of $453 million against Barclays Bank, British Treasury chief George Osborne said Thursday, causing stocks in those groups to plummet. For many the action of Congress is trying to stop Holder of digging so deep in the investigation that might hurt several legislators.

Will STOCK Act Pass The Smell Test?

The legislation that would ban lawmakers from using inside information to enrich themselves -  is headed to President Obama’s desk after the Senate voted 96-3 to pass the bill today. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who’s been trying to crack down on congressional insider trading for years, praised Thursday’s vote but said she would continue to push to get the tougher Senate language signed into law.

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