article_snippet: The hanging is being investigated by the FBI, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney's office as well as the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.
article_snippet: The feds are there to determine if it's a potential hate crime or other violation of federal law, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday. '
article_snippet: We simply don't know enough facts,' U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told MSNBC. '
article_snippet: We do have a substantial federal presence to determine what the facts are.'
article_snippet: However, the NAACP is petitioning to have the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks involved in the investigation, fearing the victim's death may have been a hate crime.
article_snippet: The Claiborne County Sheriff's Department and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are also involved in the investigation.
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