are very familiar with ron hampton.he's a former executive director of the national black police association. [applause] twpheeia.nakiti [applause] she is a senior policy analyst for criminal justice matters at he open society foundations. welcome, sister nakiti. opening remarks, beginning with brother shelton. >> thank you very much. first i don't know if everyone can hear me. can't hear me. thank you so much. it is so important to have an opportunity to actually respond to what's going on in ferguson, missouri, and so many other places. it just so happens i'm one of the few that actually grew up in st. louis, missouri. i know ferguson very well. i saw its transition from being a community that was predominantly white to one that is now 67% african-american. but i have also said what has happened with the systems that are in place that are supposed to be democratic in nature and very clearly they are not being responsive to the concerns going on there now. if you look at the city council, those who are making decisions

sure ron hampton will talk to community policing. that should be the order of the day.the attorney general is to have a national summit on policeman conduct. we want obama to have the opportunity to clearly say he has a priority and that priority is non-militarization. it is community policing. we need a domestic marshall plan. pay for all got to the damage that has been done to our community. we did our communities rebuild so we can have jobs and economic opportunity in ways we don't have now. in,y community you go education is being deprived. they are making money off the tickets. if they are fining people and then they go to jail and they still owe the fine. this is small government nonsense. we think there ought to be a commission type study. insurrection,the there was a kerner commission. why does this keep happening? we have a black president and yet we have a state of emergency in america's dark ghettos. president to have a commission. why do we have such economic underdevelopment? president obama can take the lead and provide those answers. those are some of the