DOJ Report Finds Ferguson Police Operated as System of Racial Extraction

The DOJ's Civil Rights Division released a scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department, finding a pattern of unconstitutional stops, searches, and arrests targeting Black residents, and a municipal court system designed to generate revenue through fines and fees. Black residents accounted for 85 percent of vehicle stops, 90 percent of citations, and 93 percent of arrests despite being 67 percent of the population.