Michael Brown shooting: Attorney General Eric Holder heads to Ferguson, Missouri

A companion of Brown said the teenager was initially shot after the officer tried to grab him through the car window and again after Brown staggered back with his hands in the air.

Holder said during his visit that he had assigned the most experienced agents and prosecutors to the investigation. Hundreds of people have already been interviewed and federal medical examiners have performed an independent autopsy, the third conducted in the killing.

The case has reignited a national debate over racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system and has drawn sharp words from top U.N. officials and human rights groups about police tactics and respect for civil liberties.

Source: Reuters

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