Statement from Head of the Civil Rights Division Vanita Gupta on Mississippi’s Decision to Close Investigation into Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, released the following statement on Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s decision to close the investigation into the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner:

“During ‘Freedom Summer’ in 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were brutally murdered while working as part of a massive campaign to register African-American voters in Mississippi.  Their…