The racial disparity in the statistics present at Ferguson were so stark that the Justice Department has concluded in a report scheduled for release on Wednesday that there was only one explanation: The Ferguson Police Department was routinely violating the constitutional rights of its black residents. The report, based on a six-month investigation, provides a glimpse into the roots of the racial tensions that boiled over in Ferguson last summer after a black teenager, Michael Brown, was fatally shot by a white police officer, making it a worldwide flash point in the debate over race and policing in America. Holder Jr., the Justice Department has opened more than 20 such investigations into local police departments and issued tough findings against cities including Newark; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Cleveland.But the Ferguson case has the highest profile of Mr. The Justice Department is expected to issue a separate report Wednesday clearing the police officer, Darren Wilson, of civil rights violations in the shooting.It is not clear what changes Ferguson could make that would head off a lawsuit.
Again America has yet to change it's biased against minorities. I don't think we will ever get rid of black and white. It's alarming to know that our justice system is injustice; the sole purpose for a justice system and a government is to protect the rights of the people. Clearly, everyone has their own personal agenda in mind. When people act on their own selfish beings, trouble and chaos occurs for example Ferguson!
Apuzzo, Matt. "Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds." Nytimes.com. © 2015 The New York Times Company, 3 Mar. 2015. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/04/us/justice-department-finds-pattern-of-police-bias-and-excessive-force-in-ferguson.html?ref=politics&_r=0>.
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