Ferguson report claims revenue came before public safety

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An extensive federal investigation into police practices in Ferguson uncovered new details

An extensive federal investigation into police practices in Ferguson, Missouri, uncovered new details about the department's racially based and profit-driven enforcement and prosecution. While the U.S. Justice Department declined to bring a civil rights case against former policeman Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, Brown’s family to filed a wrongful death suit Thursday. Gwen Ifill reports.

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