Citing anonymous law enforcement officials, the newspaper reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has started work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges for Wilson, who killed Brown in August. A grand jury decided not to indict him on state charges in November.
Attorney General Eric Holder and his top civil rights prosecutor have yet to “formally make a decision,” the newspaper said.
Another Justice Department civil rights investigation into the Ferguson Police Department is ongoing.
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“The next steps I think are legislative change,” French said, “trying to make sure that in cases like this we get a special prosecutor by law, and to create a new level of civilian oversight over police departments.”
CNN’s Dave Alsup and Wolf Blitzer contributed to this report.
