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They serve is 67% black. >> does ferguson have a racist view? is there a problem within the department? >> i think that in the department, there are individuals and factions that don't understand the community, but in fact there have been some issues with respect to having race problems. there has been. and i think that the police department is doing a good job, has done a good job at getting rid of people that have caused those types of problems. >> that was our sarah sidener reporting there. i was in ferguson just hours after that shooting to report for cnn and the next half hour i'll bring ...

>> this year a new law is passed to stop the missouri cities from using the police departments as atm's and lowering what they can make on traffic fines. that's a maximum of 30 percent to 12.5 percent of the operating revenue. the new chief says that his officers are eager to move forward. >> is there a problem in the department? >> i think in the department there are individuals and factions that don't understand the community but, in fact there have been issues with respect to race problems. there has been. and i think that the police department is doing a good job, has done a good job at ge...

Lowering what they can make on traffic fines. for ferguson, that means a reduction of a maximum of 30% to 12.5% of its operating revenue. the new chief says his officers are eager to move forward. black officers have been hired. they still make up only 10% of the force. while the community they serve is 67% black. >> reporter: does ferguson have a racist view? is there a problem within the department? >> i think that in the department, there are individuals and factions that don't understand the community but, in fact, there have been some issues with respect to new race problems. there has be...

Departments as atms, lowering what they can make on traffic fines. for ferguson that means a reduction from a maximum of 30% to 12.5% of its operating revenue. the new chief says his officers are eager to move forward. black officers have been hired though still make up only 10% of the force. while the community they serve is 67% black. does ferguson have racist view? is there a problem within the department? >> i think that in the department there are individuals that don't understand the community but in fact there have been some issues with respect to having race problems. there has been. a...

Though still make up only 10% of the force. while the community they serve is 67% black. does ferguson have a racist view? is there a problem within the department? >> i think that in the department there are individuals that don't understand the community but in fact, there have been some issues with respect to having race problems. there has been. and i think that the police department is doing a good job, has done a good job at getting rid of people that have caused those types of problems. >> reporter: what you're seeing here, though, is there are still protests. there are still people who...