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“We commend Attorney General Holder and the Administration for hearing the voices of thousands of activists and taking action. This is an important step, however, we know much more needs to be done in order to bring the officer who killed Mike Brown to justice and address the epidemic of deadly police violence across the country. The Department of Justice must ensure a timely prosecution of all officers involved in the police killing of 18-year-old Mike Brown, and to that end, we support local demands to replace County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch with an independent Special Prosecutor,” said Rashad Robinson, Executive Director of ColorOfChange.

“We also demand a complete overhaul and reform of policing policies and practices nationwide and a commitment from the DOJ and President Obama to bring an end to racially-motivated police brutality plaguing Black and brown communities and threatening the safety and human rights of Black youth and adults on a daily basis,” continued Robinson.

Last week, ColorOfChange.org led a large coalition, including Missouri-based and national organizations, to deliver nearly 1 million petition signatures calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fully investigate, prosecute, and fire all police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.

“The killing of Mike Brown by police has exposed the ongoing crisis of racially motivated police violence in Missouri and across the country. The ColorOfChange community will continue to urge President Obama and AG Holder to show the necessary leadership to secure justice for Mike Brown and more definitively toward an ending police violence,” concluded Robinson.

Related petition pages may be seen below:

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mike_brown/

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mikebrownpresobama/

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With over 900,000 members, ColorOfChange.org is the nation’s largest online civil rights organization.