美國司法部對弗格森鎮警察展開調查
The U.S. Justice Department will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the police department of Ferguson, Missouri, where an unarmed young black man was fatally shot by a white police officer last month.
News outlets say the Justice Department will announce the investigation as early as Thursday. The probe will look into allegations that Ferguson police have engaged in a repeated pattern of abusive treatment against the town's black residents, as well as how its officers are trained.
Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, has a majority black population, but its police force is predominantly white. The Washington Post reported last week at least five current Ferguson police officers and one former officer are facing federal lawsuits accusing them of excessive force.
The Justice Department is already conducting a separate civil rights investigation into the August 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.美國司法部將針對密蘇里州弗格森鎮警察局展開廣泛的民權調查，一名手無寸鐵的黑人青年上月在弗格森鎮被一名白人警察開槍打死。
據媒體報道，美國司法部最早將在星期四宣佈進行調查的決定。這項調查將涉及有關弗格森鎮警察經常侵犯該鎮黑人居民權益的指稱，並將調查弗格森鎮警察的訓練方式。
弗格森鎮位於聖路易斯市郊區，大多數居民是黑人，但絕大多數警察是白人。《華盛頓郵報》上星期報道說，弗格森鎮至少5名現役警察和1名退役警察被聯邦檢察機構指控過度使用武力。
美國司法部已對18歲的邁克爾.布朗被弗格森鎮警察威爾遜開槍打死事件分別進行調查。
