Scores of police brutality cases prompt federal investigations

[Playinghardball]

By Eric W. Dolan

Fatal police shootings and beatings, and allegations of torture to coerce confessions have lead the U.S. Department of Justice to launch investigations into local law enforcement across the country.

There were 52 criminal civil rights cases brought against law enforcement officers by the Justice Department last year, the highest amount of cases in since the agency began keeping record in 2000.

Watch CBS News’ report on the investigations, broadcast August 10, 2011, below

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/scores-of-police-brutality-cases-prompt-federal-investigation/

[DCKit]

1. I'll bet the DOJ could find 52 banksters to prosecute without breaking a sweat.

This good news, but it's still a distraction from their failure to prosecute so many who brought this country to it's knees.