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One Ferguson official fired, two suspended in wake of DOJ report

"This type of behavior will not be tolerated in the Ferguson Police Department or any other department. We must do better not only as a city, but also as a state and country,” said Ferguson Mayor James Knowles.

By Danielle Haynes
Ferguson, Mo., Mayor James Knowles reads a prepared statement to reporters in response to a Justice Department report on the problems in Ferguson following the riots of 2014. Photo by BIll Greenblatt/UPI
1 of 3 | Ferguson, Mo., Mayor James Knowles reads a prepared statement to reporters in response to a Justice Department report on the problems in Ferguson following the riots of 2014. Photo by BIll Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo

FERGUSON, Mo., March 4 (UPI) -- In the wake of a scathing U.S. Justice Department report accusing the Ferguson judicial system of systematic racism, one police official was fired and two others were suspended, the city's mayor said Wednesday.

Mayor James Knowles spoke to reporters Wednesday evening after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder presented the results of two investigations stemming from the August shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson.

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The department determined no charges would be brought against Wilson but found evidence of racism and misconduct in Ferguson's police department and municipal court system.

"This type of behavior will not be tolerated in the Ferguson Police Department or any other department," Knowles said. "We must do better not only as a city, but also as a state and country."

Knowles said one police official was fired and two others were suspended in response to the Justice Department's uncovering of several racist emails sent by police and court employees.

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