article_snippet: It's me going up against the city Ferguson when the attorneys won't help," Loistine Hoskin said this week.
article_snippet: While Loistine Hoskin's surrender of her old car and $1,200 to the city may seem a matter of personal choice, the U.S. Justice Department revealed this week a "pattern and practice" of racial discrimination within Ferguson that may lend credibility to Loistine Hoskin's account of a government run amok.
article_snippet: Just about every branch of Ferguson government -- police, municipal court, city hall -- participated in "unlawful" targeting of African-American residents such as Hoskin for tickets and fines, the U.S. Justice Department concluded this week.
article_snippet: Hoskin's household has experienced Hoskin's household share of ugly encounters with Ferguson police, the family said.
article_snippet: In Ferguson, the police do what the police want to do.
article_snippet: Ferguson does what it wants," said Kimberly Hoskin, 35, who now works the overnight shift on a General Motors manufacturing line.
article_snippet: City officials and police declined to respond to CNN's requests this week for comment about the Hoskin family's assertions.