Ferguson's police guilty of racism advanced a damning investigation

The racial profiling practiced by a racist police and the waves of fines as a revenue source for the city, were "routine" in Ferguson (Missouri), scene of riots after the death of a young Black, accused wednesday accused the minister of justice Eric Holder. The minister denounced the "constitutional violations that had become routine" for the city authorities, presenting two reports to the press of his ministry, one on the death of Michael Brown, 18, unarmed, killed august 9, 2014 by a police officer, the other on police practices in the city. This investigation was very expected, the events in Ferguson, added to other police misconduct, who fanned for months the wrath of the black community and civil rights.
The first report concluded that the death of Michael Brown, "although it's a tragedy, doesn't show beyond a reasonable doubt, behavior likely to prosecution" of the policeman Darren Wilson, under a possible violation of civil rights, said the minister. A great local jury also decided not to pursue it.
The second, overwhelming, lists sometimes illegal police practices primarily targeting blacks in the city in which "the only explanation are racist prejudices," said the minister, himself black.

This report of 105 pages notes that Ferguson has a population of 67% black. Yet from 2012 to 2014, 85% of cars stopped by the police were led by blacks, 90% of people receiving fines; 93% of those arrested; 95% of pedestrian accused of offenses and 94% of refusal to obey defendants were black. Blacks were twice searched than whites during checks on the vehicle and police dogs were used only against blacks. 
The report also points to a system, sometimes violating the law, where the police "pressure of the municipality, was no longer a public service but a tool for making money". Deluges of fines were distributed, mostly blacks, for minor offenses which, if not paid, could lead to growing debts, to prison, to the loss of a job or housing . "Three or four offenses" identified during an arrest by car was "routine" and police were even contests for who would find it most, the minister said. The police themselves could be punished if they did not meet their quotas.
E-mails racist content exchanged between police mocked blacks, especially in 2008, to President Barack Obama, according to a given example, would not be long president because "what Black has a good job for four years ?".
The investigation was based on hundreds of interviews and reviewed some 35,000 pages of reports and other police documents. This climate "unhealthy" led to the establishment of a "deeply divided community where mistrust and hostility often characterized the encounter between police and residents", he said.
The minister Holder called Ferguson authorities to take prompt action, stressing that these issues of fairness and confidence in the police, were national order.
By late afternoon, the white mayor, James Knowles, briefly reported that a police officer who racist e-mails had been dismissed. "This type of behavior will not be tolerated", he said, adding that two policemen had been placed on leave pending the outcome of an administrative investigation. "We must all do better in the city, in the state and in the country to tackle the problem of racial disparities", he said, before listing the measures taken as the hiring of three women black, the establishment of a monitoring committee or stopping the increased fines.
In a country where the racism spectrum to the black population is still present, President Barack Obama, the first black president of the United States, had already recognized that the problem was well over Ferguson, pointing "the deep mistrust between the police and communities of color".

Michael Brown family has expressed "disappointment" to see that "the murderer of their son would not be held accountable for its actions". She said she was "encouraged to see that Ferguson police held accountable for discriminatory practices". "The death of our son will not have been in vain if there are changes, not just Ferguson but also in the country", she added.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon for his qualified by the report as "deeply disturbing" and "welcomed the recommendations to restore confidence".