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order the Dept. of Justice to initiate a RICO case against the city government, courts, and police force of Ferguson, MO

Created by A.C. on March 17, 2015

RICO stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. § 1961), a law that increases the severity of penalties for crimes performed in conjunction with organized crime. The law states that any person or group who commits any two out of a list of 35 crimes (known as racketeering activityin the U.S. Code) within a decade and can be determined to have committed them with similar results or similar intentions can be charged with racketeering.

Relevant crimes include: racketeering activity; extortion; mail fraud; obstruction of justice; obstruction of criminal investigations; retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant; tampering with a witness, victim, or informanti; nterference with commerce.

The DOJ report describes a criminal conspiracy. Prosecute it.

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