evans isdr. joseph here with us. [applause] attorney jocelyn mccurdy in the house. [applause] fo.ther salim adol [applause] [indiscernible] do we have him now? >> hello? >> can we get dannyon now? >> hello? >> terrific. your online. -- you are on life. >> thank you, everyone. all, you can hear me, i --t wanted to first of all to have the opportunity to listen to the program. first of all, my condolences to the family and the community itself in ferguson. i know how important it is. unfortunately, i cannot be with you today. as you talk about ferguson and -- as the information becomes available to us, information about the town, information we have gotten over this time, hopefully that brings us to a clear picture of the work we have to do. unless wedo the work historically,t, the significance of this moment. culture in the history of racial violence in -- we can't car payment allies -- we can't compartmentalized things. these incidents without their historical factors. the police are the primary force who act as agents for the state. is to havensibility some sort of social control. understand that they also -- they use it to stay in control. michelle expresses that in he