“Searing” DOJ Report: Ferguson PD Targeted Blacks

A "searing" Justice Department report has found police in Ferguson, Missouri, disproportionately targeted blacks, creating a "highly toxic environment defined by mistrust and resentment," Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday as he unveiled the report. The agency has also announced it won't prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old that led to weeks of protests. The decision in the Aug. 9 shooting had been expected, in part because of the high legal standard needed for a federal civil rights prosecution. Wilson, who has said Brown struck him in the face and reached for his gun during a tussle, also had been cleared by a Missouri grand jury in November and later resigned from the department.

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