U.S. Justice Department Not Bringing Federal Charges Against Darren Wilson – Tha Wire

Today in Tha Wire, find out why the U.S. Justice Department wont bring charges against former cop Darren Wilson and get the scoop on TLC's final album.

As we know a grand jury failed to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown.  Even still, most held out hope that the U.S. Justice Department would pursue civil rights charges against Wilson.  AllHipHopNews reports, that's not going to happen.  As it turns out, the Justice Department doesn't have enough evidence to make any charges stick.

Reportedly, to bring federal charges against the former officer, the Justice Department would've had to prove that Wilson intended to violate Brown’s civil rights when he shot him.  After a lengthy F.B.I investigation, they simply couldn't produce evidence to support the charges.  So, basically the case is closed.

However, there is a small chance this decision came be overruled, listen to Tha Wire below and find out how.  In the meantime, the Brown family’s lawyer, Benjamin L. Crump declined to comment on their behalf on the decision until the Justice Department makes an official statement.

At press time Crump gave a comment of his own and told the New York Times, “We’ve heard speculation on cases before that didn’t turn out to be true.  It’s too much to put the family through to respond to every rumor.”

Finally, the surviving members of TLC was hoping fans would help fund their final album. T-Boz and Chilli came up with a unique way connect with their fans and raise money all at the same time, and it worked.  They began a Kickstarter fundraiser which gave fans a 30-day period to help them raise a goal of $150,000 and according to BET.com, their fans came through.

Turns out more music from the legendary '90's group is in high demand. Everyday TLC die-hard fans to famous ones.  Listen to Tha Wire below and find out what famous fans shelled out 5 grand to help their campaign.

One things for sure, the girl group met and exceed their goal in just three days!                T-Boz and Chilli sat down with BET.com to explain why they choose to ask the public to help raise the money, T-Boz said, "When we heard about Kickstarter, we were like uh oh, this is something we can do together with the fans. It's creative, it's different, it's innovative." she continued. "Kickstarter's raised over a billion dollars for other artists... It's outside of the box and we've been known to do that."

Chilli added, "What we wanted to do was keep it authentic." She said fans got something really cool in exchange with their donations, "The fans really know us pretty well... We wanted to reward them with stuff like that. When you pledge $5 or more, you can get involved with helping to choose a song you want to be remixed. They're going to be in this with us."

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