DOJ Says Civil Rights Probes Follow Specific Criteria (Full Transcript)

A DOJ official explains why the Civil Rights Division investigates only some officer-involved shootings and what triggers a federal review.

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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: There are thousands, unfortunately, of law enforcement events every year where somebody is shot. The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice doesn't investigate every one of those shootings. There has to be circumstances or facts, or maybe unknown facts, but certainly circumstances that warrant an investigation. So when we talked about, when I talked about last weekend, and when others have talked about this week, the fact that President Trump has said repeatedly, of course this is something we're going to investigate, that's what I meant about what we're doing. It doesn't mean that every time that there's a federal officer-related shooting that that's something civil rights takes up. It depends on the circumstances.

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A speaker explains that the DOJ Civil Rights Division cannot investigate every law-enforcement shooting and only opens investigations when specific circumstances or facts warrant it. They clarify that President Trump’s repeated statements about investigating refer to cases with sufficient cause, not all federal officer-related shootings.

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DOJ Civil Rights Division Investigations Are Circumstance-Driven

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Key Takeaways

Thousands of law-enforcement shootings occur annually, but DOJ Civil Rights does not investigate all.
Investigations are initiated only when circumstances or facts suggest a need for federal review.
Public statements about investigating refer to warranted cases, not every federal officer-involved shooting.

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Neutral: The tone is explanatory and procedural, focusing on criteria for investigations without expressing strong emotion.

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