The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it would not charge Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of a black teenager, Michael Brown.
"There is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson's stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety," a DOJ report concluded. However, in a separate report the Justice Department determined Ferguson police and officials routinely violated the constitutional rights of blacks.
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