article_snippet: A Justice Department investigation found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson police department and at the municipal jail and court. 
article_snippet: Evidence found shows not only racial bias, 'but racial bias by those with considerable influence over the outcome of any given court case'.
article_snippet: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the DoJ's report 'searing' and said the DoJ's investigation showed policing and municipal court practices were 'disproportionately harmful to African-American residents'.
article_snippet: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said: 'the DoJ's investigation found a community that was deeply polarized. '
article_snippet: A community where deep distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents. '
article_snippet: A community where local authorities consistently approached law enforcement not as a means for protecting public safety but as a way to generate revenue.'
article_snippet: the DoJcame after a white Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson (right), fatally shot an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown (left), in August last year .
article_snippet: The grand jury's decision not to indict a white Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson (right) sparked nationwide protests and cast Ferguson's mostly white police force in a negative light .