police in ferguson are racially biased and fuelled tensions in the city for years before michael brown was shot dead, a report by the justice department will reveal officers increasingly ticketed black citizens  in regular traffic stops used to boost the department's coffers, senior officials connected to the report told the new york times those unable to pay the mounting fines would be repeatedly jailed, creating an 'avoidable' cycle that caused tension with the african american community a racist joke circulated via email among police officers will also be featured in the report, it is claimed scroll down for video  condemned: a justice department report will accuse ferguson police of disproportionately targeting black people  created tensions: their attitudes created tensions for years that led to the fatal shooting of michael brown on august 6, 2014, the report will say brown's death sparked global outrage and debates over racial equality  the findings come three months after a grand jury refused to indict officer darren wilson over the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager michael brown  on august 9 last year brown was spotted by wilson after a robbery at a nearby convenience store ferguson police chief thomas jackson said wilson approached brown because he was 'walking down the middle of the street, blocking traffic' the 18 year old was shot on canfield drive less than five minutes later some witnesses claim brown had his hands up in surrender when he was shot   something that has been contested by others the incident caused widespread protests businesses were looted and set fire to in ferguson and hundreds attended demonstrations in st louis, washington, oakland, atlanta and los angeles a grand jury decided not to indict wilson on november 25 last year   but the results of the report by the justice department have not been expected until this week concern: outgoing attorney general eric holder focused the report on relations between police and citizens  unrest: protests were staged in ferguson, missouri, for months after michael brown's shooting  investigators will not seek to label ferguson police as racially motivated but will look to see if the fatal events in august last year were avoidable blacks accounted for 86 per cent of traffic stops in 2013   despite the fact they only made up 63 per cent of the population, data published by the missouri attorney general revealed once they were stopped they were twice as likely to be searched the justice department stresses that this causes concerns surrounding the alleged violation of human rights in the city, which became the epicenter of heated debate over racial equality last year august 9, 2014  1145am officer darren wilson responds to a call at northwinds apartment complex for an emergency involving a 2 year old child having difficulty breathing  1151am a 911 call is made from a convenience store on west florissant avenue, ferguson wilson chooses not to respond but to stay with the child until paramedics arrive  1201pm wilson encounters michael brown and dorian johnson walking down the middle of canfield drive he tells them to move to the sidewalk  1201 1204pm wilson has given conflicting accounts of the events leading up to him shooting brown dead initially he claimed not to have heard the convenience store robbery call or the description of brown and johnson put out following it later he claimed to have doubled back on the youths having realized they fitted the description  400pm brown’s body remains on the street for nearly four hours while hundreds gather to protest the shooting  august 10  st louis county police hold a press conference refusing to name the officer involved in the shooting and claiming brown was shot reaching for his gun august 12  president obama publicly addresses the shooting as violent protests rage in ferguson he refers to brown’s death as 'heartbreaking' august 15  st louis county police chief thomas jackson names darren wilson as the shooter  during the same press conference jackson releases surveillance footage showing brown as a suspect in the 'strong arm' convenience store robbery he is later forced to recant his claim that he did so on the media’s request  august 20  the grand jury begins to hear evidence in what will be an extraordinarily protracted process stretching three months  august 25  hundreds attend brown’s funeral at the friendly temple missionary baptist church in ferguson november 25  the grand jury fails to indict wilson prompting widespread violence across ferguson and beyond here police can be seen confronting demonstrators outside the police station after the grand jury trial  the report's authors, including outgoing attorney general eric holder, have spent around six months analyzing the use of force in missouri prisons, and the interaction between police and civilians in ferguson ferguson's mayor, james knowles iii, slammed the justice department for criticizing the city before sharing their findings 'how come they haven't told us there is something that needs to be changed as they found it?'  knowles demanded at a press conference, the times reported 'why have they allowed whatever they think is happening to continue to happen for six months if that's the case?'
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