It has been reported that the U.S. Department Of Justice had uncovered a disturbing culture of racism with the Ferguson police department, as well as other government agencies within Ferguson.

In a report by the DOJ, it shows that although African Americans make up 67 percent of the population, they are more likely to receive much different treatment by the law than non-black citizens. With the culture of racism discovered within various government agencies, it’s little wonder why.

Here are the offensive jokes as reported from a recent Vex article:

  • A November 2008 email said President Barack Obama won’t be president for long because “what black man holds a steady job for four years.”
  • A March 2010 email mocked African Americans with horrible stereotypes about their families and how they speak. One line of the email read, “I be so glad that dis be my last child support payment! Month after month, year after year, all dose payments!”
  • An April 2011 email depicted President Obama as a chimpanzee.
  • A May 2011 email said, “An African-American woman in New Orleans was admitted into the hospital for a pregnancy termination. Two weeks later she received a check for $5,000. She phoned the hospital to ask who it was from. The hospital said, ‘Crimestoppers.'”
  • A June 2011 email said a man wanted to obtain “welfare” for his dogs because they are “mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.”
  • An October 2011 email had a photo of a bare-chested group of dancing women, apparently in Africa, with the caption, “Michelle Obama’s High School Reunion.”
  • A December 2011 email made jokes based off offensive stereotypes about Muslims.

As disgusting as these “jokes” are, what’s even more disturbing is the fact that no one was punished or reprimanded for any of these emails. These emails were just spread throughout the city’s government computers with no consequences.

Clearly Ferguson has a real problem on their hands, and it’s not just looters or black-on-black crime. The elected officials of Ferguson, Missouri have failed the community that elected them; it’s now time to hold them accountable.

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