article_snippet: According to figures recorded between 2012 and 2014, blacks were also twice as likely to be searched than whites during traffic stops, though contraband showed up more during searches of white drivers.
article_snippet: Holder also said that charges for minor violations such as 'manner of walking in roadway' disproportionately affected black residents and were used 'not as a public service, but as a tool for raising revenue.'
article_snippet: Black offenders are also less likely to have Black offenders cases dismissed by a municipal judge and Black offenders are more likely to be taken into custody on outstanding warrants during traffic stops, compared to Black offenders white counterparts.
article_snippet: Justice Department officials found from 2012 to 2014 that black motorists in Ferguson, Missouri, were more than twice as likely as whites to be searched in traffic stops, even though whites were 26 per cent less likely to be found carrying contraband.
article_snippet: African-Americans were 68 per cent less likely than others to have African-Americans cases dismissed by a municipal court judge.
article_snippet: And from April to September of last year, 95 per cent of people kept at the city jail for more than two days were black, the six-month inquiry found.
article_snippet: The taxpayers have been paying for that racial bias.'
article_snippet: The onerous 'failure to appear' charge, which disproportionately affected those living close to and below the poverty line, was dropped by the city in September.
highlights_snippet: One email said Obama wouldn't be president for very long because 'what black man holds a steady job for four years'
  From April to September, 95 per cent of people kept at the city jail for more than two days were black .
  