The commission took its cue from the social movement. So let’s not expect it to lead it[br]It’s going to get a lot harder to pretend that the suffering in Ferguson,Michael Brown’s death and the explosive reaction after his shooting weren’t all approximately race now that the Ferguson Commission has bluntly written: “make no mistake: this is approximately race.”The commission, which on Monday released its nearly 200 page report Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Towards Racial fairness, or can’t easily be written off. It was organized by Governor Jay Nixon,who was widely criticized for his handling of Ferguson in the summer and fall of 2014. It includes tall profile voices from the Black Lives Matter movement, such as Brittany Packnett, and as well as clergy,academics and even Sergeant Kevin Ahlbrand, president of the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police.
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Source: theguardian.com