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Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room 20150304 22:03:00

saying ferguson police undermined the public s trust and was racially biased. unlawful practices and constitutional violations have not only severely undermined the public trust, eroded police legitimacy and made local residents less safe but created an intensely charged atmosphere where people feel under assault and under siege. reporter: the 102 page report released by holder today detailed examples of a police department out of control. routinely insulting and assaulting african-americans. use of dogs by ferguson police appears to have been exclusively reserved for african-americans. reporter: among the most damning evidence e-mails including ones allegedly sent by department leaders, that included racist jokes and depicted president obama as a chimpanzee. in one e-mail forwarded by officials, a picture of bare-chested african women dancing was captioned michelle obama s high school reunion. another message in june 2011

Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room 20150304 23:09:00

their involvement allows sed us to get closer to the truth. the truth plays a big role in that now we know what happened. whether or not they were able to file a federal civil rights criminal complaint against darren wilson is a different issue. i think that the family although very disappointed in that the killer of their son continues to go free, is very disappointing to them. and would be disappointing to any person who has lost their child. however, they are, as we said earlier, encouraged by the fact that the justice department has found the things that it found within the department. when you think about michael brown, think about the first thing that officer darren wilson said to the boys as he approached them. he told them to get the f on the sidewalk. that s just not a way that an officer should greet young men who are walking in their own neighborhood. so we are hopeful that this action by the department of justice in ferguson missouri

Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room 20150304 22:21:00

of us saw and heard that this problem has existed for a long time in ferguson and what the protests and what the death of michael brown spurred was it ignited something that had been there in ferguson for quite a long time. and you know what s shocking is that this report is taking place in 2015. this sounds like 1955 and i think it just reminds us that notwithstanding progress there is a considerable amount of work left to do and ferguson is now really ground zero in the battle for justice in this country. well said. the department of justice report also found, listen to this nearly 90% of the documented force used by ferguson police officers were used against african-americans but one step further, in every k-9 bite in other words, when dogs were used in every k-9 bite incident

Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room 20150304 22:05:00

reporter evan perez who has been poring over this report. i have been going through a lot of it. it s a very long report with incredible details. i got to tell you it s shocking. it s really shocking. in ferguson according to this report minor code violations led to arrests and jail time. the attorney general detailed one example in 2007 with a woman from ferguson. here s what he had to say. one woman received two parking tickets that together totaled $152. to date she has paid $550 in fines and fees to the city of ferguson. she has been arrested twice. wolf she still owes $541 to this day for a ticket that she incurred in 2007. there is another example the attorney general gave in 2012 a 32-year-old african-american man was sitting in his car after playing basketball. a police officer comes and starts asking him questions. in the end he gives him eight different charges, citations,

Transcripts for CNN The Situation Room 20150304 23:36:00

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

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