Nothing the CBC loves more than racial politics.

Via The Hill:

Several black lawmakers say the Justice Department should expand its investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a policeman in Ferguson, Mo.

The shooting on Saturday of Michael Brown, 18, raises “potentially serious concerns,” the lawmakers said in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder.

They said Brown’s killing “may be part of a continuing pattern of the use of deadly force by police against unarmed African-Americans.” The letter was signed by Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), the head of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Reps. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) and John Conyers (D-Mich.).

The St. Louis County Police Department “may not be the most objective or credible body to investigate civil rights matters involving law enforcement given evidence of racial profiling by that department in the recent past,” they said.

“Only the federal government has the resources, the experience, and the full independence to give this case the close scrutiny that the citizens of Ferguson and the greater St. Louis area deserve.”