Washington – A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court.
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The official says the investigation found that officers disproportionately used excessive force against blacks and too often charged them with petty offenses. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to speak on the record before the full report was released.
The official says the report will allege direct evidence of racial bias among police officers and court workers and a system that prioritizes generating revenue from fines over public safety.
The full report could be released as soon as Wednesday.
The Justice Department began the civil rights investigation following the August shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police officer.
Just like every other police department in the United States. So what else is new?
shut down this racist police dept, let the people protect themselves.
Finally someone is speaking out.
This report relies on the numbers: even though blacks are 67% of the Ferguson’s population, they account for 85% of detentions and traffic stops. My friends, Ferguson’s police is biased against whites in favor of blacks! For if the individuals were arrested and stopped proportionately to the number of crimes committed and traffic violations respectively, the blacks would easily account for upwards of 99.9999999999% of the arrests and stops.