I think the next step here is to start healing somebody's wounds, start getting some of these folks especially in Ferguson involved politically and start getting representation in the government.
Antonio French emphasizes the need for political involvement and representation for the African-American community in Ferguson.
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No, and it's not just about whether I have confidence. You know, the big problem and what we're doing is trying to restore faith in the justice system. And so what matters is the folks here have faith in the county prosecutor and they…
I hope this really makes the broader community aware of what so many African-Americans have been protesting about, have been calling attention to in the last few months, and it leads to real action and change.
There's a broken trust between the government, local police, and the community.
I think that the attorney general went out of his way to present both the Department of Justice report, and he is right that there was not a prosecutable case under federal law which is a much higher threshold.
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