exclusively sic'ing their police dogs on only black suspects. any minute we will get a response from the city of ferguson missouri about this federal investigation, an investigation that also cleared officer darren wilson of any federal charges in the shooting death of michael brown. i want to bring in cnn's ed lavendera live in ferguson, missouri. eric holder gave truly horrifying examples of discrimination against african-americans there. >> reporter: eric holder called it a searing report but many residents here will tell you this report justifies and really explains what they have known all along. some of the examples in the report that you alluded to that the ferguson police appear to have used police dogs exclusively reserve them for african americans. that black residents were twice as likely as white suspects to be searched by police and also that blacks made up more than 90% of those charged with really minor offenses that could have been just boiled down to like the way they were walking down