United States House of Representative Members Request Review of Police
Shootings Addressing a crescendo of police shootings
around the country- Georgia`s Fourth Congressional District Representative Cynthia McKinney requested that the United States Department of Justice probe law enforcement
agencies` around the country involvement in gun battles around the country. In the Congresswoman`s Dekalb County, Georgia District- police officers used lethal force in twelve incidents this year. She asserted that- `There is a belief by some citizens that the police involved
shootings are steeped in the intentional use of excessive force, even deadly force.` These comments came in a November 25, 2006 letter to United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. Representative McKinney`s comments continued- `There definitely appears to be a developing national pattern of police misconduct and abuse resulting in an inordinately high number of serious injuries and deaths to the victims.` Additionally, Congresswoman McKinney requested that the House Judiciary Committee convene hearings over- `the state of America`s law enforcement agencies` use of force and deadly force and the impact on Americans on the basis of race and economic standings.`