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So while officer wilson was completely exonerated by the d.o.j., the ferguson p.d. as a larger group, the ferguson city council, the government structure was not. and they came out saying, it is disproportionate to the black population in this area. and something needs to be done about it. so something was done and now they really changed the number in ferguson, missouri, to where it is much more even. they have more work to do in the police department. in terms of the city council, it is now half black. and they've done a lot of improvement at the city council and government level. here we ar...

So while officer wilson was completely exonerated by the d.o.j., the ferguson p.d. as a larger group, the ferguson city council, the government structure was not. and they came out saying, it is disproportionate to the black population in this area. and something needs to be done about it. so something was done and now they really changed the number in ferguson, missouri, to where it is much more even. they have more work to do in the police department. in terms of the city council, it is now half black. and they've done a lot of improvement at the city council and government level. here we ar...

This has to stop. the fact is, i think most agree that there's something -- >> what is this? >> there is a situation in ferguson that people are trying to address. they want to make sure that what the justice department found of the pattern and practice of discrimination against african-americans within ferguson pd and the city municipal court, you are going to argue with the justice department? >> yeah, absolutely. they conjured up this distraction. it started with the lie of hands up, don't shoot. we know michael brown tried to kill darren wilson. he defended himself and was justified in doi...

Police ranks. seven months later, the department of justice found discriminatory practices in ferguson pd. a level of peace has been since been restored according to jeh johnson. >> i would say it is still pretty tense. there is a lot of work to be done. but the conversations are happening. which is important. >> reporter: next to the memorial a more permanent reminder of the shooting. it's right next to the spot where michael brown fell. if you take a close look it's a lone bronze dove set in concrete. i wish we had peace. we don't need this. no one needs this. it's not just the police offi...

Difficult to manage. it really does. you know, we're working closely with chief anderson from the ferguson police department. he has been on the ground for just a couple weeks. i'm working with the senior staff of the highway patrol and my sr. sistenior staff. we just want to have this conversation and move forward without the violence that unfortunately from time to time has been attributed to this again by a very small group of people. >> were there any other injuries tonight? >> i had an officer that was treated. i don't know if he went to the hospital or not. he took a brick to the face. >...