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             Investigation Finds Racial Bias Among Ferguson Police

   by VOA News

   Police in Ferguson, Missouri, regularly engage in racially biased
   practices, the U.S. Justice Department has concluded in an
   investigation that followed last year's shooting death there of unarmed
   black teenager Michael Brown.

   The Justice Department report is expected to be released as early as
   Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

   The New York Times reported in January that Justice Department lawyers
   were recommending against bringing federal civil rights charges against
   the white police officer who killed Brown last August after a street
   confrontation turned violent.

   Officials said an FBI investigation of the shooting found no evidence
   that the officer, Darren Wilson, willfully intended to violate Brown's
   rights when he opened fire on him.

   A state grand jury cleared Wilson of Brown's death last November, a
   decision that triggered heated protests in the small, majority-black
   community near St. Louis, as well as across the country.

   Brown's case - coupled with other high-profile incidents, including the
   police chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man in New York - led to
   a widespread outcry over aggressive police tactics against
   African-Americans and other minorities.

   The Justice Department has launched some 20 civil rights investigations
   of local police departments during outgoing Attorney General Eric
   Holder's time in office, including the probe of the Ferguson
   department.
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