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Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, to discuss the Aug. 9, 2014 shooting in Ferguson, Mo.

Attorney General Eric Holder saidFridaythat he is "prepared" to dismantle the Ferguson, Mo., police department to prevent practices the Justice Department said violated the rights of black citizens.

"We are prepared to use all the powers that we have, all the power that we have, to ensure that the situation changes there," he said. "That means everything from working with them to coming up with an entirely new structure."

Holder was also specifically about the possibility of dismantling the police force.

"If that's what's necessary, we're prepared to do that," he said.

Holder's comments come after the Justice Department released a lengthy reporton Wednesday accusing the police department of systematic racial bias.

The DOJ launched its investigation into the force after the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown over the summer by a white police officer, Darren Wilson.

Provided by The Hill Holder 'prepared' to dismantle Ferguson police department

The report found that police officers disproportionately stopped, arrested and cited black people for a variety of crimes. They also used excessive force against black residents.

Investigators also found emails containing racist jokes written by police and court officials.On Friday, city officialssaidthat two officers had resigned and a clerk in the court system had been fired over the messages.

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