joining me now is the reverend rodney francis, senior pastor at the washington tabernacle missionaryh who is working to des i ka late racial tensions in ferguson. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> how do you start restoring trust in this community? >> well, i think the first way to start restoring trust is to have complete transparency throughout this process. i think there needs to be an apparatus for the community to be completely informed of every step of the process, where things are and what the next steps are until a full accounting and reporting of the situation and circumstances are done and some form of justice and closure can come to this. that's the first thing that absolutely has to happen. there needs to be acknowledgment of the lived experience of people on the ground in ferguson and in communities like the community in which michael brown lost his life where the police where absolutely controlling those areas and patrolling those areas in ways that the community feel are not fair and just. that needs to be acknowledged. there needs to be a sense