Ask Me Anything: Justice Department's Ferguson Policing Report

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A Ferguson police officer listens to a protester outside the Ferguson Police Department on Wednesday.

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Emanuele Berry is a race and culture reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. Willis Ryder Arnold/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption

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On Wednesday, the Department of Justice issued a scathing report about the Ferguson, Mo. police department, citing evidence of "clear racial disparities that adversely impact African-Americans." These disparities in arrests, vehicle stops and the use of force, the report contends, led to a lack of trust in police and courts in the city.

The Justice Department also released a report that day saying it found no reliable evidence to disprove the testimony of former officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed Michael Brown last summer. The reports garnered reaction from around the country and world.

NPR's Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson and St. Louis Public Radio Race and Culture Reporter Emanuele Berry covered the reports and the reaction to them. They will answer your questions in a Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") at 3pm C.T. / 4pm E.T. The chat will be at Reddit's AMA page here.

You can hear some of Carrie's reporting on policing in Ferguson from Morning Edition and All Things Considered and Emanuele's from Morning Edition and St. Louis Public Radio.