By Albert Lin
As the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., continues, Attorney General Eric Holder is in the embattled city on Wednesday to meet with investigators and community leaders.
What can he hope to accomplish during his visit, with violent protests still taking place 11 days after the death of Michael Brown “There’s not a lot of time right now, [so] maybe he’s going down there in an informal way to encourage the local officials to reform their practices, so he can see some results much quicker,” Cornell University Professor of Law Jens David Ohlin told NBC News. “Another possibility is he’s hoping, and the President is hoping, that his mere presence there will have some calming effect.
