( CNN ) A new Justice Department report on Ferguson 's police and courts could not be more clear : Change is needed . The 102-page report details widespread and systemic discrimination against blacks at the hands of officials -- painting probably the clearest picture yet of what the rule of law looks and feels like in the Missouri city . It includes 26 recommendations . The report is scathing in its critique , and clear about what needs to happen next , but it does n't address the question : Who , if anyone , is responsible for what took place ? Are individual officers to blame ? Is the police chief ? What about city officials who repeatedly pushed police to increase revenue through ticketing , resulting in disproportionate targeting of African-Americans ? Writing for CNN , criminal defense attorney Mark O'Mara argues in favor of gutting the entire police department , and starting from scratch . So far , one person has been fired ; two more are on administrative leave . Are more heads likely to roll ? `` When the attorney general said that the Department of Justice has made certain recommendations , those are n't necessarily just recommendations . The Ferguson police department and municipal courts will have to reform . This is a must-do situation . We 're talking about wholesale reform , '' said CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin . `` And I would be very surprised that any of the leadership remains . '' Mayor James Knowles said the two employees on leave are awaiting the results of an internal investigation . `` Department of Justice officials informed the city of Ferguson that a review of city emails uncovered explicit racial bias by three individuals who are employed by the city of Ferguson police department . Let me be clear : This type of behavior will not be tolerated in the Ferguson police department or in any department in the city of Ferguson , '' he told reporters Wednesday . `` The three individuals were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation . One has since been terminated . '' A source said the two employees `` will not survive the investigation . '' CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin criticized the mayor 's response , seemingly suggesting that more needed to be done in the wake of the Justice Department report . `` You read this report , and , one officer loses his job ? You know , you translate the bureaucratic gobbledygook of the mayor , that 's all that happened there , '' he said . Surprisingly to some , controversial Police Chief Tom Jackson remains at the helm . So does Knowles . Although the report is limited to correcting action going forward , people affected by past abuses do have the option of filing civil lawsuits against specific individuals . Such cases are not easy to bring , according to Peter Joy , a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis . `` In a court of law , the findings of this report would n't even be admissible , '' he said . `` Basically , you 'd have to prove each allegation . '' Joy gave an example of person who paid a $ 100 fine that was unjustly levied . Finding lawyers who would take an individual case like that would be tough , he said , because there is no guarantee they could recover on behalf of their client , and the amount of damages could very widely . Practically , that person may be out of luck . But if the Justice Department gets its way , illegal or improper behavior on the part of police and courts in Ferguson could soon be a thing of the past . `` It is time for Ferguson 's leaders to take immediate , wholesale and structural corrective action , '' said Attorney General Eric Holder . `` The United States Department of Justice reserves all of its rights and abilities to force compliance and to implement basic change . Nothing is off the table . '' CNN 's Sara Sidner contributed to this report .
So far , one person has been fired ; two more are on administrative leave . Controversial Police Chief Tom Jackson remains at the helm .