Ferguson mayor: One police employee fired, two suspended over racist emails

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A police employee has been fired and another two placed on administrative leave pending an investigation in response to the racist emails uncovered in a Department of Justice report, Ferguson mayor James Knowles said Wednesday.

Knowles read from a short prepared statement and took no questions during a press conference Wednesday evening in which the city responded to the DOJ findings for the first time. Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson was notably absent.

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The report, released earlier on Wednesday, found that the Ferguson Police Department and court system showed a pattern of racial bias and civil rights violations. The report shined a light on seven overtly racist emails exchanged between police department employees Read more...

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