03-07-2015, 05:17 PM
Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigations Completed -- The Winners & Losers
Winner: Darren Wilson
Last week the DOJ formally announced that they found no cause to charge Darren Wilson with civil rights violations against Michael Brown.
Losers: Ferguson PD, Two LEOs, the Court Clerk
The DOJ's separate investigation of Ferguson PD practices concluded that there is evidence of racial discrimination and that ticketing and court processes exploited blacks to raise revenue.
Two law enforcement officers and the Clerk of Courts have since resigned or been fired and Michael Brown's family is now filing suit against the city.
Here are some of the email contents highlighted in the the DOJ's report:
November 2008: An email stated that President Barack Obama would not be president for very long because 'what black man holds a steady job for four years.'
March 2010: An email mocked African-Americans through speech and stereotypes, using a story involving child support. One line from the email read: 'I be so glad that dis be my last child support payment! Month after month, year after year, all dose payments!'
April 2011: An email depicted President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee.
May 2011: An email stated: 'An African-American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $5,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said, 'Crimestoppers.'
June 2011: An email described a man seeking to obtain 'welfare' for his dogs because they are 'mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.'
October 2011: An email included a photo of a group of topless women dancing, appearingly tribal, with the caption, 'Michelle Obama's High School Reunion.'
December 2011: An email included jokes based on offensive stereotypes about Muslims.
^ all of the emails were sent, received or forwarded during working hours.
The DOJ full report:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/...75/a206038
Winner: Darren Wilson Last week the DOJ formally announced that they found no cause to charge Darren Wilson with civil rights violations against Michael Brown.
Losers: Ferguson PD, Two LEOs, the Court Clerk The DOJ's separate investigation of Ferguson PD practices concluded that there is evidence of racial discrimination and that ticketing and court processes exploited blacks to raise revenue.
Two law enforcement officers and the Clerk of Courts have since resigned or been fired and Michael Brown's family is now filing suit against the city.
Here are some of the email contents highlighted in the the DOJ's report:
November 2008: An email stated that President Barack Obama would not be president for very long because 'what black man holds a steady job for four years.'
March 2010: An email mocked African-Americans through speech and stereotypes, using a story involving child support. One line from the email read: 'I be so glad that dis be my last child support payment! Month after month, year after year, all dose payments!'
April 2011: An email depicted President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee.
May 2011: An email stated: 'An African-American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $5,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said, 'Crimestoppers.'
June 2011: An email described a man seeking to obtain 'welfare' for his dogs because they are 'mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can't speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.'
October 2011: An email included a photo of a group of topless women dancing, appearingly tribal, with the caption, 'Michelle Obama's High School Reunion.'
December 2011: An email included jokes based on offensive stereotypes about Muslims.
^ all of the emails were sent, received or forwarded during working hours.
The DOJ full report:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/...75/a206038