WASHINGTON Sean Davis Jersey , March 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday said a widespread discrimination against the black communities existed among law enforcement officials in Ferguson, warning that the Department of Justice (DOJ) reserves the rights to force immediate change in Ferguson policing and court practice.
Holder said both policing and municipal court practices were found by a DOJ report to "disproportionately harm" African American residents. The report also found local authorities in Ferguson approached law enforcement as a way to "generate revenue" and excessively used unjustified force.
"As detailed in our searing report, this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized, and where distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents," said Holder at a press conference to unveil the investigation report.
The 100-page DOJ report laid out patterns or practice in both Ferguson Police Department and the municipal court and found out that both institutions had deviated from its supposed function of protecting citizens and had engaged in a widespread pattern or practice of violations of the U.S. Constitution or federal law.
"Seen in this context - amid a highly toxic environment, defined by mistrust and resentment Artie Burns Jersey , stoked by years of bad feelings (between local police officers and the public), and spurred by illegal and misguided practices - it is not difficult to imagine how a single tragic incident set off the city of Ferguson like a power keg," said Holder.
The Attorney General urged both Ferguson Police Department and Municipal Court to undertake "meaningful, sustainable and verifiable" reforms to restore trust with the local communities, warning that the DOJ reserves all rights and abilities to force compliance and implement basic change.
Meanwhile, the DOJ report also cleared former police officer Darren Wilson from civil rights violations in his deadly shooting of the unarmed black man Michael Brown in Ferguson Chukwuma Okorafor Jersey , Missouri last summer.
"There is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson's stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety," the DOJ said in a report, concluding that "Wilson's actions do not constitute prosecutable violations" of relevant federal civil rights law.
The DOJ investigation was ordered by Holder after the deadly shooting occurred in Ferguson last August.
Widespread protests erupted last year after local grand juries declined to indict police officers involved in the Ferguson incident and the choking death of black man Eric Garner on Staten Island in New York City.
TOKYONAIROBILONDONPARISMANILA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- As Chinese Spring Festival has become an opportunity for Chinese people to travel, many tourists are shifting their interest from shopping abroad to multiple choices in celebration of the holiday. They choose foreign countries to experience their exotic culture and services.
Taking the travel to Japan as an example, after "shopping spree" became a catchword of 2015 Terrell Edmunds Jersey , more and more Chinese tourists prefer buying a physical checkup or experiencing the Japanese culture and services to being obsessed about shopping.
Meng Fanhai, owner of a tourism agency in Tokyo, said his agency arranged more than 200 cases of physical checkups and medical treatments in 2016, up 50 percent from 2015, accounting for about one third of his agency's total Chinese tourists.
Li Xuejing, marketing manager of the agency James Conner Jersey , said Chinese tourists are getting more willing to experience local culture and characteristic services, including staying in private homes, appreciating bonsai and watching monkeys in hot springs.
With industrialization and urbanization on the fast track in China, tracing natural attractions and wildlife have become popular among Chinese tourists.
Yang Min, copartner of a tourism agency specializing in receiving Chinese tourists in Kenya, said the country is unfamiliar to most Chinese people in 2005 JuJu Smith-Schuster Jersey , but since 2010, more and more Chinese tourists have taken the African country as a destination to experience biodiversity there.
"During July and August, nearly 90 percent of tourists in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve are from China. They are keen to watch the great migration here," he said.
Zhang Renquan, a senior Africa tourism practitioner, said Chinese tourists are gradually getting familiar with African countries besides South Africa and Egypt -- two pillars of Africa tourism-- and experiencing more programs including safari T. J. Watt Jersey , diving and parachuting.
Chinese tourist Guo, who is taking a vacation on an island in the Philippines, said now she pays more attention to relaxation and enjoyment during holidays instead of shopping or choosing gifts for relatives as she did years ago.
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Zhou, a tourist from China's Shandong province, said Chinese tourists have transferred their interests from shopping to personal hobbies.
"One of my partners comes to the Philippines to take a diving exam and gain the certificate, out of personal interest," she said.
For Britain Bud Dupree Steelers Jersey , China has become the most valuable source of foreign tourists, and Chinese tourists average spend three times higher than other foreign tourists. According to statistics, an average increase of 22 Chinese tourists creates one new post for British tourist industriy.
Though the devaluation of pound is one of factors ignites Chinese tourists' enthusiasm for travelling to Britain, it has no longer been a whole picture for Chinese overseas tourism. Britain's rich history and famous education tradition have caught ordinary Chinese people's eyes.