>> when you look at ferguson when you look at the surrounding municipalities around ferguson on one side you have berkeley which is over 80% african-american. on the other side you have jennings which is over 90% african-american. what we don't know is in terms of the people who are stopped, where are they from. >> reporter: perhaps more concerning the evidence of racist jokes being e-mailed by ferguson police and court officials. an e-mail in november 2008 read in part that president barack obama wouldn't likely be president for long because quote, what black man holds a steady job for four years. another joke that an african-american who had an abortion was rewarded by crimestoppers. ferguson officials say they are reviewing the report's findings and are expected to respond shortly but no matter what's in it the co-chairs of the ferguson commission say changes definitely need to be made. >> we need to change training we need to change assessment we need to change the way in which we interact with our citizens.