Improve training to fix police bias: #tellusatoday

The Department of Justice this week reported pervasive bigotry in the Ferguson Police Department. The DOJ also said it found no civil rights violations by Darren Wilson, who fatally shot Michael Brown. Comments from Facebook and Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

What the Justice Department report is saying is that if you are black, you are more likely to be stopped, ticketed or arrested by the Ferguson police than if you are white in the same situations. That is biased policing. Treat everyone fairly, and then you'll get fair statistics.

— Brian Harris

What about the community's contribution to the police problem? Was the DOJ able to quantify the attitude of the Ferguson community toward the police or any other authority figure?

— Mark-Ginger Schreiber

Police forces have many ways to subdue people who are being a public nuisance. For the most part, shooting an unarmed man isn't one of them.

Take away the facts that the cop was white and the victim black. Let's have police training and guidelines upgraded so that any color combination in similar situations can have a less lethal outcome.

— Tony Holmes

Racism won't ever be gone so long as people insist on using it as an excuse.

— Joseph Mckeen

Did the DOJ address the percentage of black men applying for police department jobs? That would be the starting point for stopping perceived bias.

— Sharon Rodgers

These stats, although troubling, do not nullify the situation or the evidence. Darren Wilson acted lawfully.

— @ThyNameIsRob

Despite a pattern of racism, discrimination and prejudice, police officers still often get off totally free.

— @ThugloveTY

This report could be about police departments across this country.

— @MrMonValley

As can be seen, most police officers are our heroes and most of us are thankful for their service — again thanks.

— @GuyLindaguy

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