Good monday morning to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. And im tai hernandez. The fallout in ferguson will be the main focus at the white house today. President Obama Holding highlevel talks following the grand jurys decision not the indict the officer who shot and killed michael brown. And now the nfl has been thrust into the controversy this morning. St. Louis police demanding that nfl players reprimanded. They Vaughn Austin and kenny britt acknowledge the situation in ferguson. Reporter the statement from the st. Louis rams was clear last night as they took the field with their hands up in the air in pro test. Protests continue a week after the grand jury decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of michael brown. What do you want . All justice when do you want it . All now. Reporter all this after wilson announced over the weekend hes resigning from the Ferguson Police force. In a letter to the department, he wrote i have been told that my continued employment may
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Good mornd morning to you all. Im t. J. Holmes. And im tai hernandez. The fallout in ferguson will be the focus at the white house today. President Obama Holding highlevel talks after the decision not to file charges against the officer who shot and killed michael brown. They Vaughn Austin and kenny britt acknowledge the situation in ferguson. Reporter the statement from the st. Louis rams was clear last night as they took the field with hair hands up in protest. P p protests continue a week after the grand jury decided not to file charges in the death of michael brown. All this after wilson announced over the weekend hes resigning from the Ferguson Police force. In a letter to the department, he wrote i have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and Police Officers of ferguson at risk. Fergusons mayor says there was no direct threat to wilson but called his resignation a step in the right direction. It was a job he loved. Do you really think its possible . I mea
Or not, real as hell. And thoughtfully the president was not out there today giving soothing speeches, talking about the blue states loving the red states. He was talking about real problems, deadly problems, american problems. And just as thoughtfully a lot of us were hoping hes talking solutions. Changes that can restore peace and save lives, like cameras on Police Officers and mandatory training on how to make dangerous arrests without people getting killed. About minority recruitment so the communities, especially tough neighborhood have police protecting them with people who came from where they came from and know how it is. What i liked about the president , he comes at this division in our country, not denying that it exists, but making clear it does. And that he knows it does. He talked about racial differences being not unique to our time. That weve been dealing with them for centuries. But the current reality that as he put it, too many individuals, particularly young people
Im chris hayes. This afternoon, president obama met with civil rights leaders, Law Enforcement and other officials to discuss how to repair the relationship between police and communities of color. Following the announcement by st. Louis county prosecutor Bob Mcculloch one week ago that a grand jury would not indict Police Officer Darren Ferguson in the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on august 9th setting off a wave of protests across the country. Ferguson lay bare, a problem that is not unique to st. Louis or that area and is not unique to our times. And that is a simmering distrust that exists between too Many Police Departments and too many communities of color. The sense that in a country where one of our basic principles, perhaps the most important principle is equality under the law that too many individuals, particularly young people of color, do not feel as if they are being treated fairly. The president is proposing to spend 260 million on resources and training for