Holder: ‘Work E-Mails Show a Number of Public Servants Expressing Racist Comments’

ERIC HOLDER: "And use of dogs by Ferguson police appears to have been exclusively reserved for African-Americans. In every case in which Ferguson police records recorded the race of a person bit by a police dog, that person was African-American. The evidence of racial bias comes not only from statistics but also from remarks made by police, city and court officials. A thorough examination of the records, including a large volume of work e-mails shows a number of public servants expressing racist comments or gender discrimination, demonstrating grotesque views and images of African-Americans in which they were seen as the other -- called transient by public officials and characterized as lacking personal responsibility. Now I want to emphasize that all of these examples, statistics and conclusions are drawn directly from the exhaustive findings report that the department of justice has now released."