the government's findings were based upon information received from ferguson's own citizens, from ferguson's own records, and ferguson's own officials and they demonstrated a clear pattern and practice of violations of the constitution and of federal law. after announcing our findings almost a year ago we began negotiations with the city of ferguson on a court enforcible consent decree that would bring about necessary police and court reform. from the outset we made clear that our goal was to reach an agreement to avoid litigation. but we also made clear that if there was no agreement we would be forced to go to court to protect the rights of ferguson residents, pains taking negotiations left it more than 26 weeks as we sought to remedy literally years of systemic and systematic deficiencies. a few weeks ago, the department of justice and ferguson's own negotiators came to an agreement that was both fair and cost effective. and that would provide all the residents of ferguson the constitutional and effective policing and court practices guaranteed to all americans. as agreed, it was presente

i think the city ferguson had a real opportunity to step forward . they choose to ignore the complaints of their citizens and to ignore the clear findings that this department presented to them almost a year ago in march of last year. they had many opportunities to deal with this, and we had hoped they were on that path, as we hope that every jurisdiction is on that path. view was that we were moving toward a system in a process and that we can work together for everyone and i am prevented disappointed they made a different choice. think you'll. -- thank you all. the white house coverage continues tomorrow when former president george w. bush loins republican presidentia canada jeb bush at a rally in south carolina. live coverage beginning at six look p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this president's day, american history tv on c-span3 will feature special programs on the 1966 in all hearings, 50 years later. the hearings include testimony from witnesses who will pose for johnson's accidents in vietnam. it will first hear from george in an nbc news special

if ferguson rejects the agreement, the justice department plans to sue. that could cast the city millions more to defend itself. >> we would like to avoid mitigation. we'd like to continue the work that we've been doing with the reforms that have gone e. that have been going on in ferguson for over a year and move forward as a community. >> there are other elements we have to deal with, including listening to all residents who live in ferguson. may have been listening to and hearing and seeing in twitterverse is that there's a lot of chatter about the city officials not paying attention or following the rules, such as the robert's rules of order. in those cases, that means democracy is not had by all residents and taxpayers in ferguson. furthermore, there are other situations that i have heard of where people have been locked out of public meetings, and that is discriminatory. >> either way, the city council has to vote on this deal today, they have to decide whether or not they are going to make reforms and those reforms are going to cost millions of dol

looking tof ferguson protect their rights. they have waited for a year to accept rules that would ensure their rights and rule that they follow every day. they have waited every year for their courts to commit to reasonable rules and standards. rights dence of and the americans. for all they shouldn't be force to wait ny longer. reporter: the day after that, why not go after legitimate bankruptcy? >> beginning going through the port, we were sensitive to cost concerns. and at no cost to the city and we have discussed this issue with the city. we have come to terms on the agreement. that agreement was to be approved or rejected. the city was clear they rejobalingted this agreement. chose s zoilt they itigation and. reporter: what is your understanding? what is your understanding of what the sticking points were? >> the city council had public hearings on that and whether or not those are the concerns they were relying on. after painstaking negotiation, a document was reached in which get tail was reached and it on approval or r

who has s t been the robberies began on january 29th when bulizak, justin ferguson and jamaal ferguson went armed to a residence at 3321 pierce street. on february 2nd, bulizak, justin ferguson, and seaberry went to a resident at c college court armed with the intent to rob the resident. on february 5th, jamaal ferguson, justin ferguson, seaberry andndulizak went to a residence at 4538 polk street where they planned to break in and steal a gun, according to bulizak's affidavit. on february 6th, police say jamaal ferguson, knight, seaberry and bulizak went to 240 park avenue building 19 to rob a victim for money and personal property. they held the victim on the ground at gunpoint and took his wallet, i-d card and credit card. justin ferguson hahabeen charged with three counts first-degree robbery. seaberry for three counts first-degree robbery delfs for keeping a disorderly house and harboring a missing juvenile. degree robbery. jamaal ferguson for three counts robbery, knight for one count first-degree robbery, and a 15-year-old who hasn't been charged. police say there is no connecti

ferguson cannot win this case, fred. wow. >> the cost of defense is no different from the cost of complying. that's what's so silly about this. and the federal government provides funding sources to local government to modernize for police recruiting and testing, make them a mockup police department. and they threw it away. they're going to have to have to deal with it. >> i wonder, richard, if this is ferguson's way of saying there's a year left in this president, and loretta lynch, she may not be working as attorney general much longer than a year, so they figure by delaying this perhaps it might go away and they don't have to comply? is that what comes with this psychology? >> fred, what a great point. absolutely. they'll try to wait it out a little bit, see if a new administration has a different feel for this. but ultimately, fred, the case will be settled. >> we have to leave it there. thanks so much, richard herman, avery freedman, great to see you. >>> we will have much more after this. >>> hello again, everyone,

then the justice department sues the city of ferguson. cooks the systems deserve what every american is guaranteed under the restitution, for us to be free from excessive force, unconstitutional stops and arrests, and from a fine system that was literally breaking their backs. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the department of justice sued ferguson, missouri to force an , overhaul of the beleaguered city's criminal justice system. u.s. attorney general loretta lynch filed a similar -- civil rights lawsuit following a decision by ferguson's city council on tuesday to challenge several measures in a draft reform agreement that the city had negotiated with federal officials. speaking at a press conference in washington, d.c. loretta , wednesday, lynch said -- "we intend to aggressively prosecute this case, and we intend to prevail." the lawsuit says ferguson is guilty of a pattern or practice of law enforcement actions violating the first, fourth and 14

sheila ferguson, family friend: "and then it threw him against the brick wall there. about, probably i'd say 50 yards." the army veteran was rushed to the hospital for head trauma. miraculously, jake is expected to be okay. but his dog dixie was found underneath pieces of the housea& sheila ferguson, family friend: "she saved his life but she lost hers." she tries to pick up the pieces of her friend's lifea& salvaging what she can.sheila ferguson, family friend: "it's everything she's ever owned....... gone."sandy burchett, tornado victim: "this is kind of a& all my memories, with all my kids. i raised my kids by myself, so this is kind of hard.." 3 sheila ferguson, tornado victim: "i mean she's lost everything. but she has her life and her son's alive. so that's the most important thing." the tornado might have turned neighborhoods into junkyards, never take away...sheila ferguson, family friend: "people are out there wanting to do anything and everything they can.. and i think that's so amazing. the lord is just blessing, because the community comes together, and it

i just want to remind our viewers what got ferguson to this place.tice department report found substantial everyday of violence in the ferguson p.d., 90% of force used, every time a police dog bit a person, it was a black person. racist emails among department staff. the list as you know was long. does this settlement adequately address all these issues? >> i have to tell you that i do believe it is a good first start, but there are other elements that we have to deal with, including listening to all residents who live in ferguson. what i have been listening to and hearing and seeing in twitterverse is that there is a lot of chatter about the city officials not paying attention or following the rules, such as the roberts rules of order. in those cases, that means that democracy is not had by all residents and taxpayers in ferguson. furthermore, there are other situations that i have heard of where people have been locked out of public meetings, and that is discriminatory. >> either way, the city council has to vote on this deal today. they have to de

. >> i am the authorized representative for henry ferguson. >> you're not henry ferguson, re you? >> i'm the authorized representative. >reporter: broward county judge john hurley has seen just about everything. >> what is your name now? >> um, i go by a lot of names. my kids call me dad, my wife calls me husband. >> reporter: he used his real name days before when he walked into independence title. the well-dressed 43-year-old man sat down at a conference room, saying he represented a man selling this broward county home. he sat across the table from the owner of the title company, kevin. >> i did the closing myself. where normally i wouldn't do that. >> reporter: ferguson came to the closing, after providing tacher all the necessary paperwork. this is the one that shows the mortgage paid off.f. the warranty deed signed and noterized. >> we just noticed there were some consistencies >> reporter: he said his first clue was that six years had passed from the time the recorded. withhe broward clerk. that's when he turned into sherlock holmes. >> the more research we did on this, the

on february 5th, jamaal ferguson, justin ferguson, seaberry and bulizak went to a home at 45-38 polk street where they planned to break in and steal a gun, according to bulizak's affidavit. on february 6th, police say jamaal ferguson, kninit, seaberry and bulizak went toto40 park avenue, building 19, to rob a person of money and personal property. investigators say they held the victim on the ground at gunpoint and took his wallet, i-d card and credit card. the muer trial for a nebraska man accused of killing his wife in sioux city has been pushed back. 28-year-old rogelio morales, from hubbard, will now go on trial for first-degree murder on september 20th. the trial was originally scheduled for march 15th, but his attorney wanted an investigate the case and have morales evaluated. morales is accused of killing 21-year-old margarita morales, of south sioux city, on april 1:th. morales told investigators a fight broke out when his wife told him she no longer wanted to be in a relationship. then then wrapped his hands around her next, and his next memory was his wife not breathing. (m

-wide ferguson effect on crime rates. meaning that the direction of crime trends before ferguson was no different than eaver. >> reporter: he studied 81 large u.s. cities with populations of at least 200,000 people. now, the study did show some increases. >> when you look at robbery rates, there appears to be some between the ferguson effect and increases in robbery rates across the country. >> reporter: and there's more. >> within a handful of cities a select group of cities there appears to be a significant increase in homicide rates. >> reporter: now, in columbia, dr. wolfe credits the richland county sheriff's department transpampcy transparency. the study is the most comprehensive of its kind to date. the results are pubbish willed online in the journal of criminal justice. in the studio tonight, i'm eric weisfeld, abc columbia news. >> all right. thank you. >>> tonight, authorities are looking for an inmate who they say walked off a job site in spartanburg. now, the department of corrections says that james williams

. >> my fear is that with your vote tonight, if it is to sign the consent decree, that ferguson will cease to exist. protecting the citizens of ferguson should be our priority. >> reporter: council voted to approve the doj agreement with conditions. no additional salary increases for the police department or city employees. control over hiring contractors, extended compliance deadlines. and the right to back out of the agreement if the police department is ever dissolved. >> what we did was take out things we thought were immaterial to constitutional policing. >> reporter: the city has a $14 million budget and nearly $3 million in debt. negotiated consent decree, estimated to cost $10 million over three years. ten year ferguson resident, aly shah jordan says the price tag of the agreement is less than the cost of doing nothing. >> so much of this seems to be around money. >> it is. and i do understand, you know, because i am living it. we're all living it. but ought the end of the day well have to do what's right. >> reporter: the mayor told us it will be less expensive to fight the

file the lawsuit against ferguson comes after angry residents debated the ferguson city council's concerns that it will cost too much to comply. >> my fear is that with your vote tonight, if it is to sign the consent decree, that ferguson will cease to exist. >> protecting the citizens of ferguson should be our priority. >> reporter: the council voted to approve the d.o.j.'s agreement with conditions-- no additional salary increases for the police department or city employees. control over hiring contractors, extended expliens deadlines, and the right to back out of the agreement if the police department is ever dissolved. mayor james knowles: >> what we did last night was take out somom things that we felt were immaterial to constitutional policing. >> reporter: the city has a $14 million budget and is nearly $3 million in debt. the negotiated consent decree was estimated to cost $10 million over the next three 10-year ferguson resident aisha jordan says the price tag of the agreement is less than the cost of doing nothing. so much of this seems to be around money. >> it is. and i underst

elias: a lawsuit filed against the city of ferguson missouri tops your national headlines... elias: the u-s justice department filed a 56-page lawsuit wednesday against the city.. the suit claims ferguson continues to violate the rights of african americans --- even after the shooting death of michael brown. the filing comes after ferguson leaders voted to change the terms of a deal with the justice department over reforms to its police force and municipal court system. the d-o-j has spent months negotiating with the city on the reforms. " (loretta lynch/u. s attorney general): "the residents of ferguson have suffered the deprivation of their constitutional rights, the rights guaranteed to all americans, for decades. they have waited decades for justice. they should not be forced to wait elias: a spokesman for the city of ferguson says officials have not seen the lawsuit, and they plan to comment today. sabrina: and the remaining armed occupiers of a wildlife refuge in oregon are expected to turn themselves in this morning...ending the standoff that began january second. ammo

if ferguson rejects the agreement, the justice department plans to sue.could cost the city millions more to defend itself. >> we would like to avoid it will makes. we would like to continue the work we have been doing with the reforms that have been going on for over a year, and really just move us forward as a community. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> closing arguments beginning this morning in the trial of a new york city police, who is facing murder charges after shooting a young man in a stairwell. he said he fired his gun accidentally after a noise startled him, insisting he had no idea he hit anyone until he heard a woman crying. >>> a state board has approved the first steps towards a recall in michigan. >> reporter: michigan's governor is now facing a recall, but not over the flint water crisis. >> it's time for governor snyder to man up and resign or take massive action to rectify this man made disaster. >> my husband and i george came to support the people of flint in all of the disaster that they have had to endure for this past year. >>

it is -- ferguson, missouri. it is tried to force them to accept reforms. the ferguson council says the reforms are too expensive and wants to renegotiate. the agreement came after those massive protest when an unarmed black teenager named michael brown was shot dead by a black police of -- by a white police officer. >> hands up to my don't shoot. -- hands up, don't shoot. night,r: day and protesters marked to the streets of ferguson demanding justice for michael brown. the young black man was shot dead by a white police officer. he was 18 years old and unarmed. they are accused of routinely targeting the black community. earlier this week, the city agreed to reject the agreement on the grounds it was too expensive. the u.s. justice department said they were left with no choice but to file a civil rights case. >> residents of ferguson have waited nearly a year for their city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and you can save. they have waited nearly a year for the police department to accept rules that would ensure they protect the const

ferguson. ferguson. ferguson. ferguson. ferguson. f! f! i got it! here it is! here it is! here it is! both: 555-3152. yeah. well, will you dial the number? five, five, five... ah, ah... archie: hey, hey, hey! don't you sneeze no more! mike: all right, shush. it's ringing! it's ringing! hey! uh, hello. ferguson's? uh-- uh-- do you carry pocono mushrooms? you don't? oh, jeez, i'm okay. i'm in trouble, edith! mike, ask them, did the can have a pink label? yeah, did the pocono mushroom can have a pink label? with a little yellow on it. yellow on it. a pink-and-yellow label. thanks. oh, jeez, edith, i can almost feel the pain already. daddy, what kind of a pain? what the hell kind of a pain do you think? a poison pain! oh, sit down, archie. no! don't sit down! the worst thing you can do. keep moving. keep moving. let me keep moving here. why don't you lie down? let me lay down, edith. wait, wait! do you want an enema? the poison is up here. it ain't down there, edith! put your jacket on. i ain't cold. come on! we're going to the emergency hospital. emergency hospital? let's go!

justice department sued ferguson, missouri, after the city rejected an agreement to reform its police and courts. 18 months ago, a white ferguson cop killed michael brown, an unarmed black teenager, setting off violent protests. vinita nair is following this. >> i'm going to call this meeting to order. >> reporter: the decision to file the lawsuit against ferguson comes after angry residents debated the ferguson city council's concerns that it will cost too much to comply. >> my fear is that with your vote tonight, if it is to sign the consent decree, that ferguson will cease to exist. >> protecting the citizens of ferguson should be our priority. >> reporter: the council voted agreement with conditions-- no additional salary increases for the police department or city employees. control over hiring contractors, extended expliens deadlines, and the right to back out of the agreement if the police department is ever dissolved. mayor james knowles: >> what we did last night was take out some things that we felt were immaterial to constitutional policing. >> reporter: the city has a $14

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ptonight the federal government pis suing the city of ferguson, pmissouri. ptom: ferguson has been under pscrutiny since 18-year-old pmichael brown, who was black and punarmed, was shot and killed by pwhite officer darren wilson. pthe justice department complaint paccuses ferguson of routinely pviolating residents' rights and pmisusing law enforcement to make pmoney. pnegotiations, an agreement was preached between the justice pdepartment and ferguson last pmonth but last night, city pleaders voted to make changes to pthe agreement. p>> the ferguson police pdepartments file nation' s were pexpansive and delivered. pamendment by stopping people pwithout reasonable suspicion, by parresting them without cause and pby using unreasonable force. ptom cole in the cities mayor psaid changes were made after panalysis determined it would be ptoo expensive for the city of pferguson. pgeorge walked out of court ptoday. phe was convicted of raping a pwoman in 1980 five, based in art on a single strand of hair. phe had always denied raping the pwoman, who also said he was

the u-s justice department is fed up with the city of ferguson. it filed a 56-page lawsuit claiming the city continues to violate the rights of afafcan americanan--- even after the shootingeath of michael brow the legal action comes after communicatio n between the city and the d-o-j broke down. mary moloney explains. << (loretta lynch/u. s attorney general): "we intend to aggressively prosecute this case and we intend to prevail." city of ferguson targets african americans . (loretta lynch/u. . attorney

jc: the justice department suing ferguson. phil: what it claims the city continued to do even after the death of michael brown. jc: the months-long occupation in oregon over tonight as the final holdouts surrender to police. phil: senators from massachusetts and new hampshire demanding emergency funding to tackle the heroin crisis as the number of drug-related deaths jumps again. jc: and i go one-on-one with scandal star kerry washington ahead of tonight' s spring premiere. her inside scoop on what you can phil: right now at least 52 inmates are dead after a prison riot in mexico. a fight broke out between two rival groups including the infamous zetas drug cartel. several explosions were heard followed by flames shooting thru the roof. the riot comes just days before the pope is scheduled to visit another mexican prison. anchor: the just department fighting back against the city of ferguson, missouri. the lawsuit claims the city complains to violate -- continues to violate the rights of minorities after the death of michael br

it's time to stop all this 'ferguson's going under stuff' and get it done. just sign it." council reached an agreement with the d-o-j last month after the department found ferguson police were discriminating against black citizens. if the d-o-j doesn't go along with council's changes, ferguson could face a civil rights lawsuit. now to new developments with the zika virus and its impact on the upcoming summer games. the u-s olympic committee worried about the zika virus in brazil should consider not going to the games in rio de janiero in august. the c-d-c moved to its highest alert level over zika. however experts at the national institutes of health says its difficult to give athletes advice about going or not going to the games. they say all they can do is give people the facts and let them decide on their own. the u-s supreme court dealt the obama administration a big blow. it temporarily blocked the president's climate change plan. more than two dozen states filed lawsuits against it. now a federal appeals court will hold a hearing a hearing on the suits in june. the p

on february 5th, jamaal ferguson, justin ferguson, seaberry and bulizak went to a home at 45-38 polk street where they planned to break in and steal a gun, according to bulizak's affidavit. on february 6th, police say jamaal ferguson, knight, seaberry and bulizak went to 2940 park avenue, building 19, to rob a person of money and personal propertrt investigators say they held the victim on the ground at gunpoint and took his wallet, i-d card and a nebraska man, who's charged in iowa with killing his wife, with stand trial in september. 28-year-old rogelio morales, of hubbard, nebraska, will go to trial for first-degree murder on september 20th. the trial was originally scheduled for march 15th, but his attorney sought an extension to allow more time to investigate the case and have morales evaluated. morales is accused of killing 21-year-old margarita morales, of south sioux city, on april 19th. court documents say morales told investigators a fight broke out when his wife told him she no longer wanted to be in a relationship with him. rogelio morales told police he wrapped his hands

stephen welcomes craig ferguson!ustrated" swimsuit edition models hailey clauson and ashley graham! senator cory booker! and world darts champion scott waites! featuring jon batiste and "stay human"! ♪ ♪ ♪ and now it's time for "the late show" with stephen colbert! (cheers and applause) ♪ >> stephen: thank you so much! thanks, everybody. before we get started. i'd like to say a few words about the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia. he was universally acknowledged to be an intellectual giant, who left his mark not only on the court but on our approach to the constitution. and whether or not you agreed with him or made a lot of jokes about him like i did, he had a sense of humor. people have actually broken down the transcripts of oral arguments, and he told more jokes and got more laughs than of any of the justices. that might part of the reason why he was such good friends with justices who he disagreed with like ruth bader ginsburg and elena kagan. and i was lucky enough to have one conversation with h

the attorney general says the city of ferguson targets african americans . : "the residents of ferguson have suffered the deprivation of their constitutional rights, the rights guaranteed to all americans, for decades. they have waited decades for justice. they should not be forced to wait any longer." federal investigators say some police officers would stop people and arrest them without cause -- and use unreasonable force -- to generate city revenue. : "they think i have this hoodie on, i'm a bad guy." negotiating with the city -- to reform the police department and court system. but when the deal was submitted to council members for a vote tuesday night, they changed those terms -- by adding seven amendments -- that among other things modified deadlines -- fees -- and waters down staffing requirements. : "there is no reason to enter into an agreement we know that we can not live up to. and financially impossible for us to live up to. and it serves no ones purpose for us to fail." the justice department wasted little time and responded with a court filing. but the action highlights a

late today, the department of justice suing the city of ferguson. filing a civil rights lawsuit, alleging the city routinely violated the rights of residents, misusing law enforcement, calling the abuses, quote, ongoing and pervasive. the nation watched those images combat gear, clashing with protesters after the death of michael brown, the unarmed black teen, killed by a white police officer. a grand jury later choosing not to indikt that officer. and abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas, live in our washington bureau tonight. pierre, what comes next? >> reporter: david, tonight, the justice department is going to a federal judge to force the city of ferguson to overhaul its police department. in a blistering press conference this evening, the attorney general has just accused the ferguson police of, quote, racial bias against african-americans, calling the practices egregious and routine in that city that saw so much racial unrest in the summer of 2014. this new lawsuit comes after ferguson city council last night rejected a deal the c

(lynch) "the ferguson police dept's. violations were expansive and deliberate, stopping people without reasonable suspicion, arresting them without cause, and using unreasonable force. these violations were not only egregious they were routine. they were driven at least in part by racial bias." the lawsuit comes after a surprise move this week by the city council... voting to push back against the settlement the justice department after months of negotiations. (mayor) you know the things that we asked for are i think very reasonable.city leaders want to amend the agreement which they say the city can't afford to implement. but attorney general loretta lynch isn't buying that argument. (lynch)"the department of justice and ferguson's own negotiators came to an agreement that was both fair and cost-effective lynch says city leaders leave her no other choice-- forcing litigation to protect the rights of residents the justice department says are treated unfairly by police and a profit-driven court system. (lynch)they have wa

sheila ferguson, tornado victim: "i but she has her life and her son's alive. so that's the most important thing." neighborhoods into junkyards, but there's one thing it could ferguson, family friend: "people are out there wanting to do anything and everything so amazing. the lord is just community 3 comes together, and it's appomattox strong."3 3 pattie plasma there is a gofundme page that has been started to support sandy and jake, you can find that on our website wset dot com. 3 pattie with all of this devestation, comes questions. where will i sleep tonight? will i be able to rebuild? thankfully there has been an incredible outpouring of help. our mona kosar abdis out there getting a look live upossible vopossible sot pattie plasma that was 3 3 3 pattie plasma right now.. there are 2 shelters open in appomattox. one at the pamplin fire department. the other at the appomattox community centernats we got some crackers and some granola bars..thank you so very much, hopefully someone can make use of it.pattie shelter officials tell us.. several people have come