A March 2010 email mocked African Americans with shocking 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!"
“Michael Brown’s death, though a tragedy, did not involve prosecutable conduct on the part of Officer Wilson,” Mr Holder said. “This outcome is supported by the facts we have found – but I also know these findings may not be consistent with some people’s expectations.”
He then addressed a broader second justice department investigation, launched as a result of the protests, into the behaviour of the Ferguson police department, an all-white force in an overwhelmingly African-American area. The conclusions were damning.