On what date did the US Department of Justice release a report on the Ferguson Police Department?

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a report on the Ferguson Police Department on March 4, 2015. The report was the result of an investigation launched by the DOJ in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014.

The investigation found that the Ferguson Police Department had engaged in a pattern and practice of constitutional violations, including the use of excessive force and racial bias in its policing. The report also criticized the municipal court system in Ferguson for operating as a revenue-generating mechanism rather than a system of justice.

The release of the report led to widespread protests and calls for reform in the Ferguson Police Department and the wider criminal justice system. The DOJ subsequently reached a settlement agreement with the City of Ferguson, which included sweeping reforms to the police department and the municipal court system.

The US Department of Justice released a report on the Ferguson Police Department on March 4, 2015. The report found that the Ferguson Police Department engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawful conduct within the Ferguson Police Department that violates the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and federal statutory law.

The report found that the Ferguson Police Department disproportionately stops, searches, and arrests African Americans; uses excessive force against African Americans; and has a municipal court system that generates revenue from fines and fees that disproportionately burdens African Americans.

The report also found that the Ferguson Police Department has a culture of bias and a lack of accountability. The report made a number of recommendations to the Ferguson Police Department, including:

• Hiring more African American police officers;
• Providing training on implicit bias and racial profiling;
• Requiring officers to use body-worn cameras;
• Creating a civilian oversight board; and
• Reforming the municipal court system.

The Ferguson Police Department has agreed to implement the recommendations in the report.