4 March 2015 — Black Agenda Report
Obama’s Ferguson Commission a Joke: Why Liberal Proposals and “Solutions” Don’t Cut It
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The Task Force for 21st Century Policing, Obama’s response to public disgust with police misconduct after Ferguson is the wish list of big city cops, nonprofits, Justice Department consultants, all of whom brought us the current system. With only 600-odd days left in office, it’s a contemptuous gesture on the part of the Obama administration and the black political class, whose proceduralism helped bring us where we are today.