Reuters) - Police responding to
race-related protests and riots in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer made a
series of missteps, including antagonizing crowds with attack dogs and
military-style tactics, according to a U.S. report obtained by the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Justice Department report is a summary of a longer report due
this week, and reviews the actions of the police departments in
Ferguson, St. Louis, and St. Louis County, along with the Missouri
Highway Patrol, the Post-Dispatch said.
All four agencies tried to quell the protests and riots
that broke out after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed an
unarmed black teenager on Aug. 9.
A county grand jury declined to indict Officer Darren
Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown, and the Justice Department
also said no charges would be brought