Ferguson Cops Joked About Black Abortion

The Department of Justice has found police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, routinely violated  black residents’ constitutional rights, using excessive force and unjustified traffic stops for  years. In addition, investigators said police  officials made racist jokes about blacks via their  official email accounts. One officer said Obama  wouldn't be president for long because "what black  man holds a steady job for four years?" Another  said a black woman got a check from "Crime  Stoppers" for having an abortion. Investigators  reviewed 35,000 pages of police records and  analyzed data on every police stop. African  Americans made up 93 percent of arrests, 88  percent of cases where force was used, 90 percent  of citations, and 85 percent of traffic stops. By  contrast, they are about 66 percent of the city’s population. The full report will be released on Wednesday.