In Trip to Selma, Michael Brown's Mother Calls for Elimination of Ferguson Police Dept.
March 9, 2015
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as posted by the channelAs the U.S. Department of Justice calls for a major overhaul of Ferguson's criminal justice system after finding systemic discrimination against AfricanAmerican residents, we speak with Michael Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, who marched in Selma to mark the 50th anniversary of the protest for voting rights. "My son would have been able to vote had he still been alive for the election coming up," McSpadden says of Brown, who was 18 years old when he was shot dead by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson last August, spurring local and nationwide demonstrations. McSpadden responds to the DOJ's new report that documents police harassment, abuse and racial profiling of African Americans in Ferguson, and the announcement that Wilson will not face civil rights charges. She calls for the resignations of the Ferguson's police chief, the mayor and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. We also speak with professor Michael Eric Dyson about the Ferguson report and protests. "The president says this is an aberration. I'm not so sure. It is more representative than I think he or others are willing to admit. … This is representative of the tensions between police and people in many communities across this country." In addition, we talk to Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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