"unless it's a public safety issue, that federal agencies can no longer keep the money that local police departments send to Washington under federal law."
"the federal government will no longer take part in most of these seizures."
"Eric Holder even previewed this decision where he said, you know, this cases are very hard to bring."
"He is going to unveil guidelines that will be disseminated to federal law enforcement to greatly limit now the use of racial profiling, again, by federal law enforcement."
"He's assured them that their son's tragic death will be thoroughly investigated, the circumstances surrounding it."
"Holder told CNN's Evan Perez, he never intended to stay for the duration of President Obama's second term. And that now is the right time to step down."
"Eric Holder is stepping down after six years as attorney general. He announced his resignation today."
"I am hopeful that out of this tragedy comes something much better, that we see a different kind of policing in Ferguson."
"It will be interesting to see how the attorney general navigates and how -- whether he vouches for the state investigation as well as the federal investigation."
"It tells you a little bit about what they're trying do, which is to reassure the people of Ferguson; the family, who they're going to meet tomorrow."
"The people of this town can have confidence in the Justice Department. It intends to learn in a fair and thorough manner exactly what happened."