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Doesnt target minorities. The verdict, the colorado Movie Theater defendant learns his fate. The fate of john hoaments hoimsw it could change the debate in congress. One year ago, sunday, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. It ignited a National Debate that continues today. Ferguson becomes the signal of that debate. And the mistrust between police and minorities across america. We take you back to the area it first started it will dee ann eastabrook is in ferguson. Diane. John, this is the weekend that is going to remember Michael Brown. In sunday people are going to gather in the neighborhood that Michael Brown was shot a year ago, they are going to observe a moment of silence at the time he was shot and they are going to march to a niche hig niche higha short way away. Tonight things are very calm in ferguson. So diane, what has changed in the last year . Reporter well, we have seen some change in the last year from a governmental perspective. Weve seen a new city manager, a new interim city manager appointed, a new interim police chief. Both are african american. Weve seen some changes on the municipalities, there is a in judge Municipal Courts, they have changed some of the fines. What we havent seen is diversity on the Police Department. This is a 15 Member Police department, only five are african american, two hired in the last year. And they say theres still an antagonism between the Police Officers and the city. The city is trying to develop a is trying to put officers into the neighborhoods meefg with residents. And meeting with drendz. And one City Council Person says that could alleviate some of the tension between the Police Department and those in the community. Weve had town hall meetings. Weve hired an expert who is very experienced in Community Oriented policing and hes come in and along with myself we have facilitated that town hall are meeting. A lot of citizens arent familiar with what exactly Community Oriented policing is. Reporter just yesterday governor jay nixon announced a plan to beef up trainings of Police Officers throughout the state. He said some of the training in many of the departments hasnt changed in the last 20 years so hes convened a committee to come up with recommendations and have those to him by the first of december. John. Diane eastabrook, thank you. Well have more a year after the death of Michael Brown, what has changed, how it sparked a National Conversation on race and force police how they do their job. Coming up at the halfhour. Deal in chicago, a deal on stopandfrisk, and one of its most vocal credits, the American Civil Liberties union. Practice that unfairly targets minorities. Its being hailed as a possible model for nation. Morgan radford has that story. Hammered out between the chicago Police Department and American Civil Liberties union, who threatened to sue chicago over police policy. Not a court amandated agreement between the courts and the aclu. We have a real agreement today going forward, of how to monitor, how to make sure that the reporting and the recording of these events are consistent with a philosophy that i think is essential. Former federal magistrate arlander keys will oversee, gathering Additional Information about who is stopped and why. The reforms follow a report in march by the aclu that suggested minorities were disproportionately targeted by police. According to a review of stops made between may and august of 2014, blacks made up 72 of all police stops, yet make up just onethird of the entire population. And 250,000 of those stops did not lead to an arrest. The report found that people in chicago were stopped two times as many as the stopandfrisk situation in 2011. This is going to have a positive impact because the cities agreed to follow the execution and weve set up ways to verify thats happening. Reporter Morgan Radford, al jazeera. Just a few minutes ago, james holmes found he would be sentenced to life in prison. We the jury do not have a unanimous verdict on this point. The attack near denver was one of the worst mass killings in history, talking with Morgan Radford on that verdict. Someone who believes his Mental Illness is the main mitigator. L okay . Im fine with giving him life without parole but im not responsible for his death because of his Mental Illness. Somebody is saying that. The judge will sentence holmes to life in prison sometime in late august. The supporters of the Iran Nuclear Deal want one of the president s top allies, Chuck Schumer, says he will oppose the agreement. The lobbying efforts are ahead, john terret is in washington with more. John. Reporter yes, good evening to you john. This evening its looking increasingly likely as if this iran vote will actually survive in the fall. But what elliot engle and Chuck Schumer have done is a risk coming at the end of a week of long lobbying in favor and against the iran deal. There is a danger that the senate in particular which leaves town this weekend will go with their words against the deal ringing in their ears. However, it turns out that nobody really expected Chuck Schumer to vote in verif favor t anyway for a variety of reasons not least of which he is in brooklyn and heavy reply involved in jewish affairs. Im the going to study it carefully, im not going to let pressure or policy influence my decision. By late thursday night his decision was out there, its no. Leading jewish voice on alcohol, talcohol capitol, capitol hil is too great. After considerable soul searching ive decided i must vote against a motion for approval. On three key areas, too few restrictions on iran, worried that the deal runs out after ten years and the any time anywhere verification is unrealistic. The only alternative is extremely untraffic and to have no verification on iran. Secretary of state john kerry says the deal makes it physically impossible to build a bomb. If all you do is refuse the deal and say no to this agreement, and you just say no, there is no other alternative to the fact that iran will begin to enrich, will pursue its program, we will lose international support, we will lose the sanctions, we will wind up in a situation where we do not have the ability to inspect. Reporter schumers rejection of the deal comes during a week where lawmakers head for their summer vacations. Benjamin netanyahu addressed various news outlets via web link. Oppose this bad deal. Reporter at the white house this friday spokesman josh earnest didnt seem surprised. Again the fault lines of this argument back up emotional a decade. In other words to the white house schumer was top of their list for voting no on the iran deal anyway. 1600 word late night explanation of him opposing the deal, says the votes are ultimately stacking up in favor of the deal. I dont think schumer would have made this announcement at this point unless he truly felt the deal was in jeopardy. Though senate may be close. And late tonight two more democrats signing up for deal including the darling of the left and president ial hopeful bernie sanders, who says he is doing so after personal reassurances from president obama. John. And now to the fight against siel, it was one year ago when the u. S. Began the alliance of air strikes against i. S. I. L. Jamie mcintire is at the pentagon. Jamie. The slow progress against i. S. I. L. Clearly has the pentagon on the offensive especially this week with the embarrassing revelation that the initial attempt to deploy antii. S. I. L. Forces in syria turned out to be a complete failure. Nonetheless, military Personnel Say that a methodic approach will eventually defeat i. S. I. L. One year and 6,000 air strikes later, the estimate of troop strength is essentially unchanged. While the fight has essentially destroyed 10,000 i. S. I. L. Fighters, they feel i. S. I. L. Is losing. 30 of the territory they held last summer, overall, i. S. I. L. Has lost more than 17,000 square clo kilometers of territory in Northern Syria thats over the course of the last year and they are now cult off from cut off from all but 68 miles of the 500 mile long border between syria and turkey. The u. S. Central command says over the last ten months centers have been retain from i. S. I. L, including kobani in syria and in iraq. Like we saw last year capturing large swaths of new territory. You see an adversary thats losing territory steadily on every front. President obamas critics insist i. S. I. L. Could be defeated quickly if the president would do an aboutface on his refusal to put american combat troops back in the fight. I would not place one American Life at risk unless it was absolutely necessary. But to destroy i. S. I. S. It is necessary. We got a president instead who says we are going to change hearts and minds. You know what . Sometimes you win a war by killing murderous evil terrorists. We are going to take political handcuffs off the military. If you are running for president of the United States and you dont understand that we need more Ground Forces in iraq and that america has to be part of a regional ground force that will go into syria and destroy i. S. I. L. In syria you are not ready to be commander in chief and not serious about destroying i. S. I. L. The pentagon concedes that the full force of the u. S. Military could defeat i. S. I. L. Much sooner especially in iraq but argues the victory would be shortlived. If iraq is not prepared to restore a functioning inclusive government to the areas now ruled by i. S. I. L. The pentagon says the u. S. And its 17 Coalition Partners are just one year in what was projected to be a three year campaign. It admits that there have been some set backs in and progress sometimes seems slow, but iraqi, kurdish and other Friendly Forces are steadily degrading i. S. I. L. And over the next two years they will prevail without the need to put american troops back on the front line. John. All right jamie thank you. The u. N. Security Council Voted unanimously today to set up a panel to investigate. Watch dogs say the killing of civilians over the last two years, the u. S. Has long accused syria of using chemical weapons. It was the most watched debate in part because of donald trump. You call the women fad pigs and disgusting animals. Only rosie odonnell. The highlights and low lights plus. He was shot twice in the head. One year after a white Police Officer killed a black teenager we go back to ferguson, missouri for a special report. Report. Get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage, all of taylor swifts music videos, interviews, and more. Xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. Steady jock growth last month could lead to higher interest rate. The Unemployment Rate held estate at 5. 3 , the lowest in years. The fed will decide whether to increase Interest Rates next month. The winners and loser of the prime time debate. It was a wild one full of sparring light on substance, the jockeying and jabs continued today, at the center was donald trump. David schuster reports. Thank you all very much and that will do it. As soon as the debate ended it was donald trump who dominated the discussion and the news. In spin alley he proclaimed victory. I really enjoyed it, it was something i had never done before and everyone tells me im winning all the polls so im very happy of that. Fox news, who suggested the public had gotten tired of trump, trump returned, he is a low class slob. I had no interest. Now he picks panels. Trashed foxs debate moderators, megan kelly. You call women you dont like fad pigs, dogs, slobs and clustering animals . Megan kelly really bombed, funny to watch. The debate was watched by over 24 Million Television viewers. That means it was the most watched debate in u. S. History. For all accounts, trumps participation heightened the interest. Our politicians are stupid. Leading columnists said friday, a good night, including ma coe rubio took aim at hillary clinton. I was born living paycheck to paycheck. And slowing humidity. You know what, god gives me unconditional love and im going to give it to my family my friends and people around me. And critics say Carly Fiorina was the winner. One of the most particularly depaid video clips online is the clash over government surveillance between new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and kentucky senator rand paul. You can say things like that. I dont trust president obama with our records. I know you gave him a big hug, if you want to give him a big hug you remember. You know the hugs i remember . The hugs i remember are the hugs i gave the people after september 11th. Those are the hugs i remember. Typical jabbing here and there and it was fine. The debate also produced some lighter moments one coming from neurosurgeon ben carr sop. Im the only one to separate siamese twins. The only one to take out half a brain although if you go to washington would you think somebody beat me to it. The main debate didnt seem to produce any fatal gaffs or horrible mistakes. Although Rick Santorum was asked if the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage was settled law . It was not, including dred scott decision was settled law. Says blacks are not citizens and barely people. But sanl tomorrow wit santorum s comparisons barely registers in the polls. The field will continue to be led by donald trump. David schuster, al jazeera. Jeannie zeno, welcome and good to see you again. What did you think . I thought the debate itself was like watching in my mind two debates. One was the donald trump circus, the donald trump show, and the other was a traditional debate, large number of debaters, 9, and they really shoat showed the brf the Republican Party. Who stood out . The 10th in there, john kasich, governor of ohio, he had a home field advantage, he showed a real compassion, real empathy, a real ability to speak to people on their level. What about jeb bush . I think jeb bush had a lackluster night and i think that was true of the three top candidates. Scott walker . Scott walker, jeb bush and donald trump. Bush i think warmed up a little bit, as he got going, scott walker had a difficult night but you know who i was impressed with second to kasich was marco rubio. He seemed a command of issues, very calm and steadfast. I keep thinking imagine pushing trump out of this, imagine a john kasich and marco rubio from florida. That is a real strong field. We are more than a year out and this debate drew 24 Million Viewers were told last night. How long can this campaign sustain is the kind of excitement that fox seemed to stir up last night for the election . I have to say i think a lot of that was due to the fact that you had this sort of entertainment value in the donald trump. And when you move away from that i think were going to see the audience start to go away. What about Carly Fiorina . Is she the sort of diamond in the rough that hasnt been able to shine yet . Its interesting. She has signed on the stump. Most of her argument and most of her message is an attack on hillary clinton. We have to be clear about that. Shes not going to get the nomination, she wont be the top tier but she could be a rising star in the party, a party with 16 men at the top that need a woman in there. With regard to worms, a serious question, does the Republican Party have a womanproblem . They have a serious womanproblem, absolutely. I was so proud of megan kelly for asking that question. It wasnt a joke, but he made it a joke, it was not funny. Nobody professionally can treat women that way. She went there and she made a case and he refused to back down. But it wasnt only that. It was followed up about a lot of discussion about abortion, a lot of discussion about prochoice and issues about health care for women, which jeb bush pushed into, drurm made that serious question worst, that republicans have to worry about. The democrats watching have to be very happy to say they can go out and say like megan kelly said, a war against women and that will resonate with a lot of voters. Thank you, and good to see you. Thank you. A year ago, situations in ferguson captured national headlines. Up next we go back to ferguson to see what if anything has changed. Plus this this is nothing sadly that is new or familiar, not within communities of color within the United States. United states. A National Dialogue about the Police Treatment of black americans. Up next our special report, ferguson, one year later. Year later. Im a resident of ferguson, im married and have two children. After the second riot i felt hopeful and i had a need to do something in our community. I realized that id been living in somewhat of a bubble where i hadnt really stretched myself to meet other neighbors or just meet additional people within our community. Im just hopeful that we can stay strong as community to try keep the hope going so that we can continue to rebuild. I just want people to know were a regular Community Like any other community. There are issues that need to be addressed but i think its much more of a regional issue with ferguson getting so much attention its really caused some hardship in businesses, of people who even wanted to move here to think our communities is made up of people who dont love and care of our community because thats not true, because we honestly do. Do. The shooting that changed everything. But what will the legacy of ferguson be . What do we want . Justice. Scenes of violence. Police in military gear. The protests that swept the nation and shined a light on police use of force. Get out of the car. Hand up dont shoot. The case that shook america and the attempts at reform. We are changing recruiting and hiring procedure. From missouri to maryland. New york to los angeles. A nation still deeply divide he by race. And that comes to mind. Tonight the killing of Michael Brown and the fallout. Our special report, flash point ferguson, one year later. Hi everyone im john siegenthaler. It has been a turbulent year since ferguson, missouri exploded in protests around violence after a white Police Officer shot and killed an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown. Rights, a Justice Department investigation, several resignations have followed. A year later a city is trying to move on. We begin with diane eastabrook. Diane. Reporter hi john. Ferguson has been trying to change. There have been changes to municipal government and courts. But some things havent really changed at all some residents say. The sounds of summer break quiet on cantfield drive, the block where brown died. Acre still simmers. Have you noticed any change in ferguson . No change, no change whatever. Reporter protesters filled ferguson streets four weeks after the shooting, accusing the citys predominantly white Police Department and city council of racial bias. Ferguson residents looted businesses. One year later, change is slowly coming to ferguson after a u. S. Justice department investigation, theres a new city manager and police chief, both are african american. The Municipal Court which the doj said profited on the backs of poor blacks, have reduced some fines, still many here say change hasnt gone far enough. Recall. Recall. While James Knowles has survived a recall attempt, attempts still continue. Even though hes told al jazeera if a previous interview hes tried to be more open. Ive been committed since day one to be engaged active, listening to what people said, trying to be that person that people can come to to have their voices heard and translate that to public policy. Its fine but theres a history of abuse. Reverend Tracy Blackman says mistrust still runs deep here especially between residents and police. They is on an independent commission trying to reform ferguson. Even on protests that have happened in the last two or three months, the response from the Police Forces in ferguson and st. Louis city have been superaggressive. Even if its 20 activists in the streets just a couple of weeks ago. The city says its trying to reform and diversify the Police Department but in the year since browns shooting, its only increased the number of blacks on its police force from 3 to 5. One of the newly elected City Council Persons, is a Community Relationship could go a long way in bridging the racial died. Weve had town hall meetings, weve hired an expert who is very experienced in Community Policing. A lot of citizens arent familiar with what exactly communityoriented policing is. Reporter fergusons economy still bears the largest scars from last years violence. Janice andrews hopes to open her new shop, but after months of construction delays she worries that she will. Reporter are you surprised it would take you this long . Oh yes. You thought you would be in here by mothers day. Thats a big time for me. I havent had any income from my store. The loss of revenue from municipal fines has accounted for most of the 2. 5 million hole in fergusons budget. It is confident it can operate on a smaller budget but canned predict how long reforms will take. There are a number of events scheduled to commemorate Michael Browns shooting this weekend. Protesters are already starting to gather nearby but, so far, it is very quiet. John. Thank you dien ann. Diane. Thank you senator good to have you on the program. Thank you so much for having me. Could you have imagined a year ago that the shooting death of Michael Brown would actually start a National Conversation that has continued for 12 months . You know, i did not know. And that is why im so thankful to Michael Brown and his family. Right now there is a celebration among mothers who have lost their children. And we were thinking about what has happened in the last year and one thing is for sure america is now awake. Whats changed since last year . Well, it depends on who you ask. If you look at the ground, there is so many people who are actively engaged, whether they are recalling the mayor or theyre organizing on the streets. Or theyre going to the st. Louis county board of elections to collect names. Those are some of the things that you cannot legislate and im really happy to see that activism that did not exist before. But there are other concerns that we have. For example, while we pass the Municipal Court reform bill, it does not answer the question of why did Michael Brown die . Where are there men and women who are killed and targeted every single day. So we still have a very long way to go but we have to create a space so people can find resolve among the different groups of people. Did this start a discussion among the legislature . The National Discussion has been going on in many communities. But how did the legislature react . Well, i was very hopeful at the very beginning. And there are over 60 bills that have been filed. In fact i filed four bills dealing with ferguson from the experiences that i had on the ground, being tear gassed and also witnessing people being hog tied. So i responded with four different pieces of legislation and there are many people who are hopeful. But i have to tell you many people who are in our black caucus and other progressives feel that issues that needed to be addressed such as use of force are not. We are so close within three days of a Conference Committee before session end end. And that is unfortunate and many of my colleagues decided to put their own personal interests ahead of the Human Interest in the state of missouri and in urban areas. Senator stand by for just a second. I want to bring in wesley bell, elected to the Ferguson City council after the death of Michael Brown. He is in ferguson flit. Councilman as you approach the situation this weekend, what needs to be addressed in ferguson in your opinion . I 30 we need to continue with the progress that we have been making i think we need to continue with the progress that we have been making in the city. You cant deny the progress we have been able to do, we have gotten one of the best judges in dont many, many callum. We have gotten the First African American Police chief ive had a chance to talk to Donald Anderson is the police force changing . The police force is changing. Ive been on the show as you know and ive pushed for Community Oriented policing. Weve started to customize a program thats right for ferguson. Weve had a town hall meeting to get the Community Involved because with any Community Policing philosophy or Community Policing type of model you have to have the Community Involved, thats most port. Weve started the process but it is going to take a while. I look at the boarded up buildings and wonder how ferguson is going to come back. How will it come in . We will come back. Most importantly, most of our businesses have stayed. So you know it is a glass half empty, half full, and i choose to look at it with optimism. The good thing about it is that in this small city, we have an opportunity to show what change can look like worldwide. So i embrace the fact that this happened here. Some people want to run from it. Some people say its not fair because these issues are bigger than ferguson and thats probably true. But at the same time they happened here. Lets embrace it. Lets use it to show the world what real sustainable change can look like. Senator, last question to you, let me go back and ask you about it. Obviously this has had an impact on ferguson. How should we view this nationwide . Well, i have to tell you, we have had these racial issues and economic violence for a very long 00. Its not going to be resolved today, its not going to be resolved tomorrow but it will be resolved. But what we have to remember in 1947, president truman, he wrote something called the freedom from fear. And in 1968, we had something called the kerner commission. And in 2015 we have something called the ferguson commission. Either were going to take this seriously, right now, we should not be waiting 69 years until we have an experience racial and economic justice, we are going to have to have the honest conversations. And sometimes that means that were going to be uncomfortable. But its worth it. Its worth saving the lives of our young men. Senator, councilman, its good to have you on our program. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Thank you. I appreciate it. Michael browns mother Leslie Mcspadden spoke exclusively to tony harris. He asked her about why her sons death had such an impact on the nation. What is it about your sons death that had such an impact. I wish i could answer that for you. What was it that led to this movement. What about that moment . The circumstance, the vague day, the broad daylight, his actions, you know. Do you believe your son died in vain . I know he didnt die in vain. As you know black lives matter began as a hashtag and became a movement. Ashhar quraishi reports from ferguson one year ago, he looks out from the events how they played out and the fallout nationwide. Keep rolling keep rolling. Reporter years of racial tension exploded onto the streets of ferguson last year after the shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white Police Officer. Activists say the grass roots mobilize sparked was new and different and resolute. Something about the fact that people here just kept coming no matter the force no matter the tear gas, and the pushback from Police Forces. Beam kept coming, engendered some new idea and it inspired folks. Reporter people were galvanized into action about ferguson, speaking out against police abuse particularly in poor urban communities. This is not something sadly thats new or unfamiliar at least i think to communities of color and poor communities within the United States. University of chicago history professor adam green says that cell phones and other recording devices have allowed people to see whats happened with incidents with Police Rather than relying on personal accounts. Footage indicates they really dont respect those rights in any kind of meaningful way. As in the case of South Carolina where a white Police Officer shot a black man shooting him in the back after a routine police stop. Or in the case of eric garner, who died on staten island. After Police Arrested him for selling loose cigarettes. The controversy of the way Law Enforcement operates in this country is at odds with the actual practice. St. Louis activist montega simmons says the stories have always been there but they are a part of a different conversation. People know language around these issues that they didnt know before. They are talking about issues of privilege. Theyre talk about what policing authority is and how it shows up. The american Justice System has proven over and over again to be ineffective. In a new generation of young black civil rights activists say its not only time to restart the conversation about Race Relations in the United States but to make sure it continues. I think that this just reawakened the Civil Rights Movement because weve been asleep. After the assassination of dr. King, and malcolm x and our Freedom Fighters a lot of our people became afraid. But then you have the energy of young people who are saying enough is enough. This has happened long enough. For americans who said enough is enough activists say its still too early to tell whether history will mark the growth of this movement as a turning point. Ashhar quraishi, al jazeera, chicago. Fila lemeux is an editor for he bebony. Com. Jamilla tell us what you notice in ferguson. You know i arrived here today and theres an energy in the air. People are preparing to mark what an occasion that changed lives, it changed this community and i think it changed it in a way that you know theyll never be the same. Theres some excitement in the air, i think a little apprehension, but i think the people of this community are very proud of themselves as they should be for how theyve taken on a very important issue and sustained this movement for an entire year. This time in 2014, people didnt think this was going to be a movement. How did it change the country . You know, in my lifetime, there has not been a sustained conversation about the behavior of police that has lasted this long. We had the l. A. Riots, weve had countless killings of unarmed black people by the hands of police but we didnt have the sustained movement that forced the conversation day in and day out. Every Media Organization has come to this small town in missouri. Every National Organization is doing Police Stories constantly. You and i have talked about this before but was White America just blind and deaf when it came to when it came to people of color and their interactions with police in this country . You know, i think that there are members of the White Community who have been willfully naive who have decided to look away when they saw cases like rodney king which was captured on video in 1992, and there is no question about the brutality he faced. Yet those officers were exonerated. And the outcry came almost schuivel froexclusively from thk community. But you know Police Brutality isnt something i feel like i face and i dont have to deal with it. But we also have a belief in this country that being a Police Officer is one of the most dangerous jobs can you have. Which is not true. It is a risky job, one that i wouldnt want to have, but we have pushed too long, and the people who say im equipped to serve im equipped to protect, they have not been equipped to serve and protect everyone equally and justly. I think death of, the man zachary, the young man was killed for being investigated for purchasing marijuana, 19 years old, hes dead over a bag of weed. We have criminalized the wrong things in this country and weve allowed Police Officers to have this unchecked power that can harm anyone from any community. Typically they are poor black people but weve lost other people to that as well. Were not for what happened here in ferguson last year we would not have talked about that at all. Jamilla, thanks for talking with us again, we appreciate it. Thank you. Coming up next, the future of policing. The academies training officers to be guardians, not warriors. Our special report flash point ferguson one year later, continues. Continues. My name is marcus murchison. Im a spoken word artist, activist here. I got involved because Michael Brown was close to my age when he got shot. This is our city, were going to fight for our city stand up for it. I would like to say i had an impact its affected my life because now youre not going to go anywhere without thinking youre going to be shot by a cop. You cant feel safe going anywhere, you cant be safe in a shooting that occurred in charleston, South Carolina, you cant people safe, go somewhere or feel safe, theres always something wrong. Were living in a town we grow up in the ghetto. For those of us who have been doing this even before mike brown were still out here fighting we still know why were out here and what were doing. I continue to do protest until my people wake up. This is a silent massacre, a silent slaughter. Laughter. Oscar winner al what did you see when you went outside last year . There was a dead body in the middle of the street. For 5 hours. Theres a lot of work to be done. They need to quite talking about what should be done and do it. Theres clearly an issue and we have to focus on how we bridge that. A lot of innocent lives are still being lost. Tonight the streets of ferguson, missouri are calm. It was a much different story last august when the streets were filled with thousands of people protesting the death of Michael Brown. Tensions between police and protesters were very high. State Police Captain ron johnson worked around the clock to try to keep the peace. Johnson told america tonights Lori Jane Gliha that he ahas seen the commune come together. I think weve seen People Living outside of ferguson, outof north county, we have seen things move forward in a small way. But things didnt get this way overnight in our nation and its going to take time. Police departments across the country have been affected by ferguson. The past year has brought growing calls to demilitarize local Police Departments and change the police mindset. Allen schauffler has that story. Reporter uniforms and salutes, a long blue line at attention as a flag is raised honoring Law Enforcement officers killed on the job. Its a disciplined military style start to every day at the Washington State criminal Justice Training commission but its not as military as it once was. Sue rar, a former sheriff of king county, has done away, the salute every time a Commanding Officer appears. It is just one of the changes at the center where more than 600 new police and Corrections Officers train every year. Frankly the thing im fighting against is cynicism. Officers need to be safe without losing their humanity and thats the challenge. Isnt there an old saying, dont let the sun go down on your anger. Beneath the work is a concept called blue courage. Is this just a job . Of course not it is a career. Two day class Pilot Program supported by the u. S. Justice department. Among other things it emphasizes the nobility of policing, the responsibilities of being a public guardian, respect for Human Dignity above all and the importance of officers staying physically and emotionally healthy so they can respond appropriately under pressure. Youre under arrest, get down open the ground get down on the ground. Big deal. The program is just a few years old and no substantive studies have been done on its effectiveness. The man who developed blue courage estimates 2700 officers in 27 states have had this or similar training. Commanders here stress that developing new ethics for policing should not be seen as going soft. Having a skill set to be a new cop is only part of it. Officers and recruits have to have the right mindset and the right heart set as well. There is no softness to be honorable. It takes more training to be honorable. Scenes like these in ferguson presented an image of military occupation, and prompted broad calls for demilitarizing Law Enforcement. Sue rar says, officers need the right tools to protect themselves and the public. We will always need to do that. We must balance that with the importance of Police Officers being connected to their community and make sure that Police Officers behavior is make the community safer. Its all about the appropriate balance. A balance these ca cadets wil be strained to seek when they are on duty in the streets. Allen schauffler, al jazeera, burien, washington. Ferguson was a turning point and tonight we leave you with images of that Community Still healing. Thats our program. Thank you for watching. Im john siegenthaler. The news continues next with antonio mora. Fighting i. S. I. L. In iraq, i. S. I. L. Has lost the freedom to operate in some 30 of the territory that they held last summer. But a year after the u. S. 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