Judging from comments around the web, the usual non-reality based right wing segment of the country is up in arms about AG Holder and the DOJ reports on the investigation of the Ferguson Police Department and the DOJ exoneration of former Officer Darren Wilson, who killed Michael Brown last summer.  Wilson was found not to have violated the civil rights of Brown in shooting him down in the street and Wilson will face no federal charges whatsoever.

Right wing commenters have called that "crucifying" Officer Wilson, who killed Brown who was initially stopped for walking in the street.

It is appropriate to compare Wilson's case under President Obama's DOJ, to the case of Rodney King  and 4 Los Angeles police officers under President George H. W. Bush's DOJ in 1992:

WILSON, 2014 - killed a young Black man in Ferguson who was walking in the street who reportedly tried to grab his gun. VICTIM - dead. COP Wilson: No Federal Indictment, no trial, no prison.

4 LA COPS, 1992 - severely beat up King, a Black man, who was speeding, King led them on a high speed chase, resisted arrest, and was likely under the influence of alcohol. VICTIM - beat up. COPS -investigated and indicted by George HW Bush DOJ for violation King's civil rights, 2 later convicted and sent to federal prison, US Supreme Court denies overturning sentencing.

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That is the end of the Wilson is 'crucified by Obama' rebuttal.

Now to move on to the DOJ report on the operation (see Ferguson Police Tainted by Bias, DOJ Report - NY) of the Ferguson Police Department and courts.

Some law enforcement problems noted in the report, link, include:

1. In one case police officer accuses a man sitting in a car near a basketball court of being a pedophile, page 3:

....in the summer of 2012, a 32-year-old African-American man sat in his car cooling off after playing basketball in a Ferguson public park. An officer pulled up behind the man’s car, blocking him in, and demanded the man’s Social Security number and identification. Without any cause, the officer accused the man of being a pedophile, referring to the presence of children in the park, and ordered the man out of his car for a pat-down, although the officer had no reason to believe the man was armed. The officer also asked to search the man’s car. The man objected, citing his constitutional rights. In response, the officer arrested the man, reportedly at gunpoint,

2. Collusion or Conspiracy between the judicial and executive branches of local government to raise money by issuing citations, from the report, page 2:

City officials routinely urge Chief Jackson to generate more revenue through enforcement. In March 2010, for instance, the City Finance Director wrote to Chief Jackson that “unless ticket writing ramps up significantly before the end of the year, it will be hard to significantly raise collections next year. . . . Given that we are looking at a substantial sales tax shortfall, it’s not an insignificant issue.” Similarly, in March 2013, the Finance Director wrote to the City Manager: “Court fees are anticipated to rise about 7.5%. I did ask the Chief if he thought the PD could deliver 10% increase.

3. continued, raising money part of officer promotions, page 2:

Officer evaluations and promotions depend to an inordinate degree on “productivity,” meaning the number of citations issued. Partly as a consequence of City and FPD priorities, many officers appear to see some residents, especially those who live in Ferguson’s predominantly African-American neighborhoods, less as constituents to be protected than as potential offenders and sources of revenue.

4. African Americans are more than twice as likely as white drivers to be searched during vehicle stops even after controlling for non-race based variables such as the reason the vehicle stop was initiated, but are found in possession of contraband 26% less often than white drivers.

5. A vignette of being Black in Ferguson:

In June 2014, an African-American couple who had taken their children to play at the park allowed their small children to urinate in the bushes next to their parked car. An officer stopped them, threatened to cite them for allowing the children to “expose themselves,” and checked the father for warrants. When the mother asked if the officer had to detain the father in front of the children, the officer turned to the father and said, “you’re going to jail because your wife keeps running her mouth.” The mother then began recording the officer on her cell phone. The officer became irate, declaring, “you don’t videotape me!” As the officer drove away with the father in custody for “parental neglect,” the mother drove after them, continuing to record. The officer then pulled over and arrested her for traffic violations.

It's a bitch, no?

And those who blame the victims by saying "Well, it's the Black's fault for not voting these people out of city government!"............

That would be a good idea, but, our constitutional rights and the law, are not up for violation depending on who is in office, or how many more fines they need to avoid raising taxes.

That is why the DOJ investigated in the first place, and that is why, in the Real World, reviewing police reports, court documents, witness statements, and examining what is going on in police departments, courts and city governments is not an unwarranted assault on cops, it's a necessary and vital task to improve justice, and citizens faith in our justice system.

If perhaps 90% of our police departments in the country did not have similar violations, a RICO organized crime case against the Furguson cops/courts and city manager and mayor, for conspiracy to deprive citizens not only of their rights, but their money, would be called for....that would probably do more...faster...to clean up things across the nation.  But the right is already having fits over this straightforward report, which AG Holder presented with these words:

As the brother of a retired police officer, I know that the overwhelming majority of America’s brave men and women in law enforcement do their jobs honorably, with integrity, and often at great personal risk.  I have immense regard for the vital role that they play in all of America’s communities – and the sacrifices that they and their families are too often called to make on behalf of their country.  It is in great part for their sake – and for their safety – that we must seek to rebuild trust and foster mutual understanding in Ferguson and in all communities where suspicion has been allowed to fester.