department that did not respect them, did not protect them. and obviously this all came about because of the shooting of michael brown by a police officer from the ferguson police department. they also uncovered some racist e-mails. tell us about that. well yes. they found some e-mails being traded by officials at the police department and the court system. i ll just read one of them to you wolf in which someone sent an e-mail saying that president obama wouldn t be president very likely for very long because, quote, what black man holds a steady job for years? this is again, part of the pattern and practice the justice department found. we expect they ll make a formal announcement tomorrow as well as an announcement that darrin wilson, the officer who shot and killed michael brown, will not be charged with federal civil rights charges. evan, stand by. i want to get more insight. joining us our cnn legal analyst
some e-mails that were used as evidence of this racial profiling and discrimination. right. that s exactly what they found. they went through the e-mail system of officials there working for the ferguson police and the court system. they found some really racist jokes. i ll read you a short one from 2008 after president obama took office. there was an official apparently who e-mailed this joke around. he said president obama would not be president for very long because, quote, what black man holds a steady job for four years? and there s another one, ana, from 2011. again, this is a joke that was making the rounds on the city s e-mail system according to the justice department. it tells a story of how an african-american woman has gone to the hospital in new orleans for an abortion and after she goes back home two weeks later, she receives a check for $3,000. she called the hospital to ask
profound sadness that i m announcing that i am stepping down. chief jackson resides over a police force of 54 officers of whom just four are black. the population of ferguson is nearly 70% black. a november 2008 e-mail stated that president barack obama would not be president for very long because, quote, what black man holds a steady job for four years? in april 2011 e-mail depicting president barack obama as a chimpanzee. and an october 2011 e-mail included a photo of a bare-chested women in africa