“The FBI and federal prosecutors are investigating police conduct during protests after September’s acquittal of the St. Louis officer for a fatal 2011 shooting.
“The investigation centers on “allegations of potential civil rights violations by law enforcement officers in the St. Louis area on Sept. 15, 2017, and in the weeks that followed,” said Jeffrey B. Jensen, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri.
“’The FBI will collect all available facts and evidence and ensure that the investigation is conducted in a fair, thorough and impartial manner. As this is an ongoing investigation, we are not able to comment further at this time,’ he said.”