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Ferguson Police Department
The agreement between DOJ and the St. Louis suburb requires an overhaul of their law enforcement agency and municipal court system.
The Justice Department is suing Michael Brown's hometown after the city refused to accept a deal that would have reformed its mostly white police department.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Officers in the majority-black city's overwhelmingly white police department could also get big pay raises.
The agreement would force the city to eliminate certain laws and stop policing for profit.
Civil rights lawyers say the feds need to go after local officials who violate constitutional rights and "trample the law with impunity."
