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<p>The Kerner Commission shocked Lyndon Johnson and much of white America by insisting that "the Negro problem" was in fact a problem of pervasive white racism. Two books are essential reading for understanding the commission's work and it's unmet demands. </p>

<p>The Kerner Commission shocked Lyndon Johnson and much of white America by insisting that "the Negro problem" was in fact a problem of pervasive white racism. Two books are essential reading for understanding the commission's work and it's unmet demands. </p>

Government reports are noting? one reads. he made the point what was established in the 60s something called defund the police, whatever you want to call it, getting policing to do policing. and other things society needs. thanks to both of you for robust conversation. i always appreciate it. errin haines, msnbc contributor of the 19th. and jelani cobb, staff writer and author of the kerner report. that does it for me for velshi. catch me saturday and sunday 8 to 10 eastern. the jonathan capehar...

She was homeless at one point, shes from missouri. and shes sort of changing the face of what you think a united states member of congress should be. >> yeah, i mean, i think shes doing exactly what would be in john lewis tradition when he urged people to get into good trouble. i think that is absolutely crucial. bringing this back full circle to the point you made earlier, one of the other legacies of ferguson has been the fact that someone like corey bush could be elected to congress. that peo...

Officer in ferguson, missouri, outside of st. louis. it happened just eight days after michael brown graduated from high school. it was the second killing of an unarmed black man by police. it made national news and launched protests across the country that marked the beginning of the black lives matter movement. later, eric garner video was released of him stating i cant breathe while in a police choke hold. the justice department launched its own investigation into the citys police department ...

Positions to respond to mental health crises, to all sorts of other non-law enforcement related social concerns, and all it does is exacerbate the likelihood that something could go wrong. at the risk of kind of plugging or self-promoting here, ive been edited volume of the report that came out this year. its the 53-year-old report that was examining the uprisings of the 1960s. they said this in 1968 -- in 1968 they said we needed to move away from using law enforcement to respond to every socia...

Officer out there. six states including michigan are in front of the department of justice saying there were errors. state republicans have been at this since before the election. and they are continuing to try and cut away, into any of these six states w the idea that if one of them falls, others will follow. not as likely to happen in michigan because of the leadership that you have got there. but it is a consistent ongoing effort. there is a lot of energy and fund-raising behind this. >> what...

Officers do need to be held accountable. as i think about the season of-year anniversary i reflect on that it is interesting that we are both on here today. we were together in ferguson, we were with the residents and the people who were there heart broken over michael browns death and also told stories of their treatment by the police department that led to that pattern of practice report from the justice department and that has really changed the political dynamics in ferguson and improved con...

W. Kamau Bell: What you need to know about defund the police (opinion) CNN 5/2/2021 © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images "United Shades of America" returns tonight with an episode on policing in America. And while that may seem like we ripped it from all the recent headlines, in reality the headlines just havent changed that much since the show went off the air last summer. From the murder of George Floyd to the killings of Adam Toledo; Daunte Wright; Mario Gonzalez, MaKhia Bryant and Andrew Brow...

"United Shades of America" returns tonight with an episode on policing in America. And while that may seem like we ripped it from all the recent headlines, in reality the headlines just haven't changed that much since the show went off the air last summer.