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Forced to learn how to cope with his absence, i would never guess the fact that my son would no longer be heard and justice has not been served. >> five years ago, the police shooting death of michael brown jr. set off a chain of events that made ferguson, missouri, a shorthand for racial unrest. the question of whether ferguson police officer darren wilson was justified in killing the unarmed brown after he allegedly resisted arrest was played out in the courts, the media, and in the streets of...

If we sound a like, what many activists and leaders sound alike 15/20 years ago is because we are fighting the same problems. whether its putting migrant children in cages in texas, whether its denying people the right to vote, whether its stacking up state supreme courts with all whites, ignoring police misconduct in staten island, new york or ferguson. maybe to some its stuff you heard before with but maybe its because its stuff we never resolved that some of us sound like were just copying st...

Your son. and youve turned into an activist. youve run for office. you never stopped one day since then. how do you see ferguson and the issues surrounding your sons killing today, five years later, friday marking the exact five-year mark? >> thank you for having me, rev? how are you? >> im good. >> five years later, there isnt much that i could say has been changed. any time you say its not been much, it means it definitely has not been enough. so we dont see a change. nothing for the lives tha...

Police kill when they dont have to, when these people are unarmed, and why are our black and brown children continue to be targeted? i dont see a change in ferguson at all, and we heard congressman clay in a luncheon over the weekend, they have several events, say that that consent decree that came down from eric holder has been sealed and cannot be touched by the trump administration. ferguson has work to do, not only work, they have catch-up work to do. were waiting and watching and wont stop ...

So critical. what you have in the national dialogue and politics -- look, i understand. i think most people of average intelligence at least understand a lot whats going on on so called media. its merely entertainment, not news. its driven by ratings less by fact. office involved shootings have no investigative experience, do not know the facts. its a shoot off from the mouth before they know whats going on behind the scenes. whether ferguson, missouri or anywhere else, youre having people weigh...

Peoples privacy. we have laws that protect juveniles identities and non-involved parties from disclosure. if were putting out every video we have everything a police officer sees will go on youtube. everybody will see it. so we have to be thoughtful about it. we have two roles here we have to protect peoples privacy and provide accountability and public safety. you have to cover both. >> when you see these big flash point sixes, whether ferguson or what happened in bullet more. if the cops had b...

Department, and in the municipal court system. that is what needs to get fixed. we dont need new faces and names on the same issue. thats what we need to have happen. >> speaking of defiance, a big open question will ferguson essentially cooperate with the department of justice to implement the needed reforms? heres the mayor responding to a question about that. >> the city of ferguson, again, is looking at the recommendations. we are engaging, we have already mentioned were engaging consultants...

Thats what we need to have happen. >> speaking of defiance a big open question will ferguson essentially cooperate with the department of justice to implement the needed reforms? heres the mayor responding to a question about that. >> the city of ferguson again, is looking at the recommendations. we are engaging we have already mentioned were engaging consultants to tell us what that step might be, and what are those -- you know try to tell us what is realistically what we need to be working on....

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