The Justice Department has condemned the “selective” leaking of information on the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. In a statement, the department said “there seems to be an inappropriate effort to influence public opinion about this case.” The statement came after the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published Brown’s official autopsy report, which appears to show Brown was shot in the hand at close range. That could support Officer Darren Wilson’s claim Brown struggled for his gun inside a police vehicle, but does not explain why Wilson later fired more shots, killing Brown.
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