Good evening. And we begin tonight with the breaking news. The stunning new findings about the Ferguson Police department. A damning report from the Justice Department late today. The nation for a time intently focused on ferguson missouri after the Police Shooting death of Michael Brown. And the outrage that followed the officer involved was not indicted. Tonight here the new findings. Authoritying pointing to racist emails, traffic stops and the use of excessive force. Abcs Steve Osunsami with what they found. Reporter weve seen the protell us or thes in the streets, but tonight, its the u. S. Justice department directly accusing officers in ferguson missouri of racially biased policing. That police in the city routinely engage in conduct that violates the constitution and federal law. Justice Department Investigators went through 35,000 pages of police records. They found that while black residents make up 67 of the city, theyre 85 of traffic stops, 93 of all arrests and 88 of cases
Good evening. And we begin tonight with the breaking news. The stunning new findings about the Ferguson Police department. A damning report from the Justice Department late today. The nation for a time intently focused on ferguson missouri after the Police Shooting death of Michael Brown. And the outrage that followed the officer involved was not indicted. Tonight here the new findings. Authoritying pointing to racist emails, traffic stops and the use of excessive force. Abcs Steve Osunsami with what they found. Reporter weve seen the protell us or thes in the streets, but tonight, its the u. S. Justice department directly accusing officers in ferguson missouri of racially biased policing. That police in the city routinely engage in conduct that violates the constitution and federal law. Justice Department Investigators went through 35,000 pages of police records. They found that while black residents make up 67 of the city, theyre 85 of traffic stops, 93 of all arrests and 88 of cases