Department of Justice
Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department (DOJ Civil Rights Division, 2015)
Report · written 4 March 2015 · released 4 March 2015
Why this matters
The Justice Department found that Ferguson, Missouri, used policing and municipal courts to raise revenue, with stops, fines and arrest warrants falling overwhelmingly on Black residents. It includes the city officials' own emails. A model of how a pattern-or-practice investigation is documented.
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https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf
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Department of Justice. "Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department (DOJ Civil Rights Division, 2015)." 4 March 2015. Released 4 March 2015. https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0087).
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