Ferguson PD harassing and arresting demonstrators hours after DOJ documents civil rights violations.
Mere hours after the DOJ released a blistering and nightmarish report documenting systemic civil rights violations in the Ferguson police and court system, the Ferguson police were out harassing African American demonstrators, slamming at least one person into a car and arresting four for unknown reasons.
Happening now in #Ferguson… “@search4swag: pic.twitter.com/dKS4LEoTMe”
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) March 5, 2015
Protesters are already getting arrested in #Ferguson tonight. Here’s an officer slamming someone on a car: pic.twitter.com/PvBvunxkRg
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) March 5, 2015
Ferguson Mayor Knowles: “We must do better” http://t.co/k7hrqkn6et Start tonight.
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) March 5, 2015
The Mayer, Bob McCulloch and the Ferguson PD are taking a know-nothing approach and pretending that firing one officer who sent racist emails and hiring three African Amercan women will settle the matter. McCulloch actually suggested yesterday that the DOJ report rebuffed the protesters and summarized the civil rights violations with a comment: “Well, nobody wants to see anyone treated unfairly”
The signs so far are that the city isn’t going to adopt the recomendations, and this is going to federal court.