if that combats what they re taught now. that s going to change it. the camera is going to catch what is happening. brittany, correct me if it s not right. you re on the ferguson commission you were appointed by governor nixon. yes, that is correct. it s an independent commission from diverse individuals from the community. the governor is a controversial player in all of this as well from the decision not to remove the prosecutor and a laundry of list of others. do you believe he s listening or will listen to the independent commission of people that includes yourself? well, i do believe that he will listen but ultimately we re accountable to our community. so my real hope they will listen. i ll be honest with you, i was hesitant to join the commission as were a number of us who are on the commission who have been active in protests and continue to be active in the protests. that really is where so much of the work is being done as philip discussed. and maintaining credibility
the president proposed $263 million in funding for community policing initiatives including 50,000 police body cameras. the president acknowledged concerns echoed by so many people whether the meetings will result in action. there have been commissions before and task forces and conversations, and nothing happens. what i tried to do describe to people is by this time will be different and part of the reason this time will be different is because the president of the united states is deeply invested in making sure. in the two years i have remaining as president, i m going to make sure that we follow through. and joining me now two activists from ferguson who attended the white house meeting. philip ag new and brittany executive director for teach for america st. louis. thank you for joining me today. appreciate it. thank you. brittany, i know that some of
standing with an eighth grader. making sure that we preserve people s constitutional rights and the privileges and rights are available to every american. the quote i have from you it says, kwoetd, in previous remarks the president has used language that criminalizes our movement lumping in the vast majority of peaceful protesters with violence and bad actors in our meeting we explained that most violence in our community is coming from the police department and something needs to be done about that. that s the quote that was quoted to you that i was referring to. oh, i see. well, i those aren t my words. okay. i m not sure why that quote was attributed to me. that s cool. philip, let me go to you. what do you feel was coming from the meeting in the president s intentions he said, listen, this will not be the same thing. this will not be another meeting that evaporates in the wind that he s committed to taking action. did you feel that energy and that sen sirty, and most im