Justice Department to Conduct Own Autopsy of Brown
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The U.S. Justice Department ordered a second autopsy on the body of slain teenager Michael Brown, increasing federal involvement in a case that has ignited racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri.
Attorney General Eric Holder ordered a federal medical examiner to the conduct the autopsy “due to the extraordinary circumstances involved in this case and at the request of the Brown family,” Brian Fallon, a Justice Department spokesman, said in a statement today.