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It's a jawing reminder to folks on the ground, and the ferguson activist and protesters who are still in the streets and still marching and organizing in their communities, that their work is more important than ever. again, i am shocked but not shocked because we know how the system is, but that doesn't mean we can't work to change it and i think the folks on the ground in st. louis and ferguson know that more than anything and are committed to doing the work. >> this is from august of 2014, and it's footage from the documentary, "stranger fruit." and then we are talking about the man that ...

Narrative of how these investigations should be handled moving forward, and to the extent we are seeing it now, it raises problems in our ability to trust, respect and otherwise buy into whatever verdict a grand jury reaches or the police reach investigating matters such as this moving forward. >> simone, as the city of ferguson and st. louis county, they started down the path of trying to make major changes, and some at the urging of the federal government, the department of justice, but how will this inform that effort in trying to reconcile some of the disparities in the community? >> look,...

This happened, when they heard the shots, and when they heard the bullets zinging past, that they saw muzzle flashes about 125 yards away. many officers drew their weapons but no officers fired. i'm going to be honest with you, this is beginning at times to be very difficult for any law enforcement agency anywhere to wrap their arms around. i want everybody here to understand how difficult this is to do it the exact perfect way. >> michael brown's family condemned last night's shooting saying, we reject any violence directed towards members of law enforcement. it cannot and will not be tolerat...

Investigation, and so let's talk about this and bring in our panel. we have with us, joey jackson, cnn legal analyst, and simone sanders, a cnn political commentator. simone, during the campaign and during your work as the spokesperson for bernie sanders' campaign, and you made a passioned plea about mike brown and what you were seeing in ferguson. tell us about what your reaction is to what you are seeing here? >> i am shocked, not as shocked, but i am definitely shocked and concerned. this just goes towards -- to fuel the narrative, the police department in ferguson was wrought with lots of ...

Very difficult for any law enforcement agency anywhere to wrap their arms around. i want everybody here to understand how difficult this is to do it the exact perfect way. >> michael brown's family condemned last night's shooting saying, we reject any violence directed towards members of law enforcement. it cannot and will not be tolerated. joining me from ferguson, missouri are msnbc's trymaine lee and a ferguson activist who was at the scene when two officers were shot last night. also joining us by phone is missouri congressman emanuel cleaver. quickly to you, tremaine what is the situation...