congressman steven horsford. [applause] >> good afternoon. that afternoon. i know that we were out late, but we are here now. it is great to be here and thank you to the brothers of alpha phi alpha for hosting this very important forum and discussion on knowing our rights and the criminal justice system and i would like to thank our panel to be here today as well. everyone knows we are here because of an event that occurred on august 9, in ferguson, missouri, when a young boy, who had just graduated high school who was literally weeks away from enrolling in college, had his life taken from him in an unnecessary and tragic event and then at the request of my collie, the congress and the represents that area come i intended to pay my respects to the family and to the community and also to be part of this national conversation about what we can do to improve the community and police relationship and that is what this channel is all about. snow our rights. during the funeral, one of the young men who spoke on on behalf of michael brown who was a friend of hers i