U.S. Won’t Charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson

The Justice Department said it would not file federal civil-rights charges against the former Ferguson, Mo., police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen last year, saying the U.S. couldn’t disprove the officer’s claims he fired because he feared for his safety.

At the same time, the Justice Department painted a damning portrait of widespread racial bias in the Ferguson police department, releasing a lengthy report