the trust and a strengthening of the accountability that exists between our communities and our law enforcement. when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that's a problem. and it's my job as president to help solve it. >> welcome to "the journal editorial report. "that was president obama wednesday promising changes to policing in america in the wake of the staten island grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the july death of a black man restrained in a chokehold. that decision, of course, followed last week's unrest in ferguson, missouri, after a grand jury there declined to charge police officer darren wilson in the shooting death of another black suspect, michael brown. the president announced monday the creation of a task force to come up with steps for, quote, building public trust in police forces nationwide." it called on congress to fund a $263 million community policing