“Fashion-conscious Feguson cops will have to do without the season’s hottest piece, according to a letter to the city from the U.S. Department of Justice—which, among other things, asks officers to stop wearing “I Am Darren Wilson” bracelets while on-duty.
A separate letter states that DOJ has observed Ferguson police officers not wearing name badges, Reuters reports, and asks that they begin regularly wearing them. According to the letter, going without a name plate “conveys a message to community members that, through anonymity, officers may seek to act with impunity.”*
Read more from Gawker here: http://gawker.com/doj-asks-ferguson-cops-to-stop-wearing-i-am-darren-wil-1640309713
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/anakasparian) of The Young Turks discuss. Do you agree with the Department of Justice or do you think the Police Officers have a first amendment right to wear the bracelets? Tell us what you think of this story in the comment section below.