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
justice report also found, listen to this that distrust i m reading now, of the ferguson police department is long-standing and largely attributable to ferguson s approach to law enforcement. the approach they said results in patterns of unnecessary aggressive and at times unlawful policing. here s the question. the ferguson police chief, thomas jackson, he is still in charge of this department to this very day. is that right? no, it isn t right. you know there needs to be an independent monitor appointed immediately and i hope that the justice department will move very swiftly to take remedial action in light of this report. because the citizens of ferguson, the african-american citizens of ferguson certainly continue to be at risk of continued violations continued constitutional objections as long as the ferguson leadership is not only continuing in power
in ferguson is concerned. well also too, i think that number one, we would want to hear from them that they want to accept the findings of the department of justice. two, that they are committed to changing all of the problems that are shown in the report. for example, showing the issues with racial profiling, the issues with using the process pretty much to make money for the city. and so a real commitment to change the city at all levels would be something that we would want to see happen within this department. and the other part of it would be one of the things we saw in the michael brown case in that it was obvious that this police officer had a disdain for young black men and that there be some commitment to making sure that community policing but also a sense of respect in how you treat citizens of ferguson moving forward. these are things that we would
it s a statement from the mayor reacting to this investigation of the ferguson police department by the federal government. how unusual, jeffrey toobin as we await the mayor, is all of of this? i don t want to talk over the mayor there. it looks like something is happening. er ismayor is coming in. this is the mayor of ferguson james knowles, we re told who is going to be walking in. let s listen to his statement. obviously, the mayor is under enormous pressure right now given the scathing report. there he is walking to the microphone. more space for microphones than my remarks. good afternoon. i m james knowles, mayor of the city of ferguson. yesterday, ferguson city manager john shaw ferguson police chief tom jackson and ferguson city attorney stephanie car and
for the death of michael brown. having said that wolf the key issue now is after these very comprehensive findings and a thorough investigation, by the department of justice, what next? there s got to be consideration as to whether a monitor needs to be immediately appointed to oversee the operations of the ferguson police department or number two, whether the ferguson police department needs to be completely disbanded and a new approach to policing and law enforcement in st. louis county needs to be undertaken since these findings are so comprehensive and this department is so broken and dysfunctional that only a new start will be appropriate. and i think thirdly, i hope that when the ferguson leadership reacts in about an hour that they do not retreat to obstinance and denaal and a