either they came from kinlock or their families came from kinlock. they're just -- a lot of these families are so transient and moving from one apartment complex like canfield green to another, just constantly moving and no real sense of place and direction. those areas like where mike brown was killed is a major recipient of old kinlock residents. >> mike brown had a future. >> mike brown had a future. that's right. he had a future. he had to put it within the cultural context that mike might have had a future, but a lot of these youths you see out here in the on the street don't have a future. they don't feel connected to society or connected to anything else, and they don't feel they have anything to live for. they don't feel they have anything to lose. >> and against all that, a police department that remains nearly all white in ferguson and law enforcement in the surrounding county increasingly equipped with military-grade gear. marley says it is all enough to ignite the powder keg. >> anti-ied vehicles, tanks, aircraft flying in the air, guys d

or their families came from kinlock, transient moving from one apartment complex to another. the place where michael brown was killed is a major recipient of where kinlock residents. >> michael brown had a future. >> he had a future but you had to put it into the cultural context that mike might have had a future but a lot of these youth you see in the streets don't have a future. they don't he feel connected to society or anything else. they don't feel they have anything to live for. they don't feel they have anything to lose. >> against all of that, a police department that remains nearly alt white in ferguson, increasingly equipped with military gear. umar says it's enough to ignite the powder keg. >> anti-ied vehicles, tanks, aircraft, guys dressing like villains from batman. it was so absurd why people dress like they're ready to go fight taliban. i mean it was just a bizarre situation. it doesn't mesh with reality. like i had never seen that stuff in the hands of law enforcement. i mean, i realize it existed but i've never seen it that, that that was a tool for policing

or their families came from kinlock, transient moving from one apartment complex to another. the place where michael brown was killed is a major recipient of where kinlock residents. >> michael brown had a future. >> he had a future but you had to put it into the cultural context that mike might have had a future but a lot of these youth you see in the streets don't have a future. they don't he feel connected to society or anything else. they don't feel they have anything to live for. they don't feel they have anything to lose. >> against all of that, a police department that remains nearly alt white in ferguson, increasingly equipped with military gear. umar says it's enough to ignite the powder keg. >> anti-ied vehicles, tanks, aircraft, guys dressing like villains from batman. it was so absurd why people dress like they're ready to go fight taliban. i mean it was just a bizarre situation. it doesn't mesh with reality. like i had never seen that stuff in the hands of law enforcement. i mean, i realize it existed but i've never seen it that, that that was a tool for policing

even on the scale of golf, that's kinlock. hold that thought.his is virginia governor bob mcdonnell testifying in court today. today was the third straight day he took the stand in his own defense and public corruption trial in richmond, virginia. no photographs, no videotape we can show you of bob mcdonnell on the stand bauds this is federal court in richmond and there aren't any cameras allowed. we do have these sketches and up to the minute updates filed by reporters who doggedly covered this trial from day one. "washington post" live blog of the bob mcdonnell trial is so good i've been neglecting my current spy novel and have been reading the live blog in bed at night before i try and fail to go to sleep. and public corruption charges and public corruption trials, they are inherently interesting things if you're interested in politics and civics and the justice system. but this public corruption trial, it's like all that and a bag of chips because this one isn't just a public corruption trial. in this one, the defense being mounted by the bo

that decimated the kinlock community. i represent the area, and i have been working and filed legislation to try to change the situation. there hasn't been the appetite to do that at the county level and other place. we'll continue. we have two communities to focus on to improve things. >> i understand that there is a big effort to involve more people in the electoral process, that voting was low in the last elections, and there is a need, something that the people have become aware of that there is a need to be more active in the political process to get more representatives in place to represent the community. >> it has always been a challenge in the election that i won. we had about 15% participation, and in the host recent municipal election, it was around 15. the mayor won with about 1500 vote. that was the key issue because the superintendent had been let go. the community came to rally around him. he's a great leader, but no longer with the distribute. it's been a challenge. the issue helped in a different represen

a lot of the people who live particularly into ferguson have moved from a community called kinlock, itan area that's been completely cleared out. all these people were forced to move into another community and that is how the dynamics of ferguson and this part of north county changed so dramatically. the demographic difference happened so quickly. so you see there the environment has not caught up. and part of what people complain of is members of the community have not been politically active enough leading up to this situation. that woman in the piece said it answered her prayers to get. >> an important lesson for all of us. thanks joie. look forward to seeing you again in ferguson, missouri. >> thanks very much. we'll continue our coverage from here. thanks for joining us for "america tonight." are generation now... >> so many of my friends is pregnant... >> i feel so utterly alone... >> you need to get your life together >> i'm gonna do whatever needs to be done... >> ya boy is working on becoming a millionaire... >> an intimate look at what our kids are facing in school and beyond

a lot of the people who live particularly into ferguson have moved from a community called kinlock, it is an area that's been completely cleared out. all these people were forced to move into another community and that is how the dynamics of ferguson and this part of north county changed so dramatically. the demographic difference happened so quickly. so you see there the environment has not caught up. and part of what people complain of is members of the community have not been politically active enough leading up to this situation. that woman in the piece said it answered her prayers to get . >> an important lesson for all of us. thanks joie. look forward to seeing you again in ferguson, missouri. >> thanks very much. we'll continue our coverage from here. thanks for joining us for . >> flash point ferguson, missouri, where lives and livelihoods have been thrown in disarray. i'm looking at race and opportunity as how small business owners are trying to stay open and protect against trouble. also i'm following the money in iraq and syria to show where the so-called islamic state fight

a method was literally a chain that the folks from ferguson put across the main road, leading to kinlock missouri, which is a little black community to the west. so they were trying to become all white. then in 19 - by the 19 '70s, that was impossible. there were too many black folks, the 1968 open housing war law and a couple of court decisions, now, suddenly, ferguson is almost 70% black, and is saddled with the white leadership or police force. >> when you say saddled, what do you mean? >> well, let me give you an example. way back in 1967, it's almost half a century ago, i was doing research in mississippi about chinese growers. i was talking with the chinese groszer about the community. he said the store was a social center. he said have you ever had problem. he would call the police, and they'd ask if it was black or white folks. if it was black, they'd send white fers, if it was white, they'd signed white officers. they knew this in 1967. ferguson, i submitted has an uncompetent police department because it dant do this in the year 2014. is just doesn't have black officers to spea

i spent time in neighboring kinlock, the oldest black incorporated town in missouri. a reverend that's been there a long time, he said when that man pulled the trigger he didn't realize we would have help from washington. eric holder saying he'll watch what's going on here means a lot. again, almost to a person, they will tell you that there is such a long history here from are the daily harassment. look at the summon ses and fines and fees. delivering warrants, fining people. it's part of the machine that people on the ground have been part of and ground up in for a long time. it is reassuring that the attorney general assured them he'll be here with all those tools. >> i did a segment on fines last night. one of the things that's interesting to me is that with this now appearing that the attorney general and the justice department is watching very closely what's going on, so much so that an unprecedented visit by him personally there, it also puts the heat on the local prosecutor and the police and investigators that no matter what happens with the federal governmen

also, ferguson is right next to kinlock is the the oldest african american city in missouri, the homedick gregory. you have a presence of african americans and also caucasians. >> why is the police force, why is the city government so white and the population 60, 63% african americans, problem is african americans don't have the poll to voting. >> people don't come out to vote, don't see the results of their voting, people who are electlike them, in places of authoritarian positions, who can be segregation. >> i don't want to be indelicate, were you drummed out of the position of superintendent? >> i have been a change agent all my life. youngest superintendent in the area of age of 33, and the school district $150 million budget over 10,000 students. the board that hired me was the board that did not want me. there was more diversity but a change in the board. >> were you drumentd out over issues -- drummed out over issues of race? what happened? >> there was a differential in focus and -- there was a difference in focus and finality. there were bridgers who wanted more access to all