Obama Says 'We May Never Know What Happened' in Ferguson, But Defends DOJ

Obama Says 'We May Never Know What Happened' in Ferguson, But Defends DOJ

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A day before marking the 50th anniversary of the historic Selma civil rights march, and two days after the Department of Justice released a scathing report about racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, President Obama defended his administration’s decision not to prosecute the officer behind the controversial shooting death Michael Brown. “The finding that was made [by the Department of Justice] was that it was not unreasonable to determine that there was not sufficient evidence to charge Officer [Darren] Wilson. That was an objective, thorough, independent federal investigation,” Obama said in response to a question at a town hall discussion on expanding minority youth opportunities," he said at a town hall meeting in South Carolina. “We may never know exactly what happened. But Officer Wilson like anybody else who is charged with a crime benefits from due process and a reasonable doubt standard. And if there is uncertainty about what happened then you can’t just charge them anyway just because what happened was tragic.”

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obamma's statement did not reflect the DOJ findings and conclusions.



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Obama Says 'We May Never Know What Happened' in Ferguson, But Defends DOJ