. >> bob herbert is a senior fellow at demos. munity divided and a lot of emotions boil over when an incident triggers it. >> an dree, yeah, obviously, i'm no advocate of violence but i'm surprised that there haven't been more eruptions like this in the african-american community. there's frustration seething, really, across the country, and there's a lot of factors feeding into it. it's the police behavior in many cases, certainly. but it's not just that. there is a feeling that the concerns of the african-american community have been largely ignored and that goes to the economy, african-americans are being left behind in the so-called rebound of the economy. african-americans are upset with the way president obama has been treated in many cases, fairly or unfairly. they believe that that is race based and these tensions, i hear about it all the time are really simmering beneath the surface and it would not take a lot to make it burst forth the way we have seen out in missouri. and so when you have these killings, so there's the

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president of the national association of black journalists, and a freelance journalist on the stand, bob herbert for being with me. bob, i'm going to dom you in a moment. erin, you've been here for awhile. describe the mood at the beginning, describe the mood now. >> well, there's a lot of grief over michael brown's death. especially in the african-american community. but also, you know, the whole town of ferguson has expressed sympathy to the family for the tragedy and also support for officer darren wilson as the investigation continues. there have been simmering attentions at times exploded here as protesters clashed with police. and the community is trying to figure out a way forward. >> you're at one of the meetings last night where folks were trying to figure out a way forward. did it seem as if they were close to figuring something out? >> i was at meeting for the friends of city of ferguson which has been organized by a group of folks that are concerned about the imimagine is being portrayed, they say, in the media they say is negative and unflattering and not an accurate portrayal of wh

in 2000, the former first lady told "new york times" bob herbert that the cases were not just horrific but symptomatic of the problem in the cities of overall policing. the real solution is to change the climate. angela rye is a political strategist and karen finney is a former dnc communications director. thanks to both of you for being here. i want to start with you, karen. back in 1999 and 2000 -- and granted she was running to be the united states senator from new york, hillary clinton was vocal about these major cases, including the patrick doorsman case where the mayor and police commissioner released his juvenile record. she actually was quite -- she leaned forward, i guess you could say, on issues of policing. why do you suppose she's not doing that now? >> let me just say because i actually worked on that campaign and was with her and part of that decision to talk -- she was asked about it many times. it was a very relevant question to the campaign she was in at the time. if you're running for senate in new york at the time, those were the kind of questions you couldn't not an