department of justice couldn t file the civil is one that resides with the parents. they are moving in that direction. any idea when the papers will be filed? we will let you know. we are standing by to hear from the police chief and the mayor. live coverage of that. darryl parks is with us the family attorney for the michael brown family. much more right after this.
that includes deeply offensive racist e-mails sent by police and court officials often targets president obama and the first lady. we re standing by for reaction from the ferguson police chief and mayor. also tonight, official confirmation that no federal civil rights charges are being filed against darren wilson in michael brown s death. i will talk to a lawyer for the brown family. there he is darryl parks. we have our correspondents and analysts. they are all standing by as we cover all of the news breaking right now. first let s go to ferguson missouri. reporter: this report might be eye opening to some people. but here in ferguson many people say this report finally proves what they have lived and experienced for years. months after violent racially
continuance to deny the absolute truth which has been found by the justice department. what s important now is the conversation not only the report but what s next. we ve gotten this reaction from michael brown s family through a spokesman. today we received disappointing news from the department of justice that the killer of our son wouldn t be held accountable for his actions. while we are saddened by this decision we are encouraged that the d.o.j. department of justice, will hold the ferguson police department accountable. it is our hope that through this action true change will come not only in ferguson but around the country. if that change happens, our son s death will not have been in vain. we will speak with the attorney for michael brown s family in our next hour. darryl parks will be joining us. but cornell, the other part of this justice department report the attorney general holder said it was searing the racist examples that are documented in there. you heard them from p
report on the ferguson missouri police department. the report suggesting that there has been widespread racism in ferguson missouri. the police force as well as in the court system. darryl parks is with us, the attorney representing michael brown s family. we re a few minutes away from hearing from the mayor, the ferguson police chief. darryl what would you like to hear from them? what would you like to hear them say? well you know this family is yet to hear them be apologetic for causing the death of michael brown. so on behalf of my clients, they would want to hear from them you know, that they are apology apologetic for causing his death. now, that may or may not happen. that s what we would like to hear. and anything else specifically? anything else you would like to hear from the mayor and the police chief? because this report it outlines a horrendous record as far as the african-american community
apparently did not want a runaway indictment. let me go to darryl parks. you can hear the refrain, hands up, don t shoot. but you have six black eyewitnesses that said i ll quote one of them, that he charged officer wilson like a football player, not with his hands up, with his head down. so people seem to be unaware of what the facts of the case are. that is troublesome to me because then they bought into a narrative that has been advanced by people with an agenda. your reaction. sean, here s the problem. there are at least 16 people who talk about michael brown s hands being up at some point during the course of the altercation. 16 out of 18 said they saw his hands up at some point. so it s not something they re making up. there s a lot of truth to this. all right. but the reality is you would never get a guilty verdict if even if you had conflicting