Ferguson, MO - Obama Presidency Oral History Ferguson, MO Index / Locations Transcripts Chuck Freedman ...extraordinary. After the shooting in Ferguson outside of St. Louis, he talked abou... Doug O'Brien ...recruit a woman named Katherine Ferguson , who had been working for the Senat... ...put the sunrise on the barns. Katherine Ferguson was really the organizer of this. An... Loretta Lynch ...up to date?” It really increased after Ferguson , Missouri, because there were a lot o... ...saying, “I don't know what happened in Ferguson , but I don't want to go down tha... ...think, partly, because the incidents in Ferguson had occurred under AG Holder'... ...civil rights charge, but the report on Ferguson peeled back the curtain on so man... ...unconstitutional policing in general at Ferguson that we found—and ultimately had to su... ...inflicted on mostly Black people in Ferguson . That was something that th... ...basically, everything you saw in Ferguson , Missouri, which is a textbook of wha... Show more... Eric Holder ...the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson [Missouri], which was probably one o... ...talk to me about your experiences with Ferguson and the interactions you had wit... ...to the activism, the demonstrations in Ferguson after the shooting of Michael Brown... ...A lot of focus was, obviously, on Ferguson . But I remember speaking with Theres... ...and she was asking, “What's going on in Ferguson ?” I remember thinking to myself, Wow... ...is asking me about what's going on in Ferguson . That was not a function of th... Show more... Brittany Packnett ...Packnett Cunningham was involved in the Ferguson protests in 2014, and would serve o... ...in 2014, and would serve on the Ferguson Commission and President Obama's Tas... ...a cardboard sign that said, “The Ferguson police just killed my unarmed son.” An... ...killed my unarmed son.” And I was like, Ferguson ? Ferguson, Ferguson? As in, ten... ...unarmed son.” And I was like, Ferguson? Ferguson , Ferguson? As in, ten, fifteen minute... ...And I was like, Ferguson? Ferguson, Ferguson ? As in, ten, fifteen minutes fro... ...from where I grew up, where I live? Ferguson , Missouri? Ferguson, in St. Louis? Ge... ...up, where I live? Ferguson, Missouri? Ferguson , in St. Louis? Get on Twitter, an... ...to this prayer vigil in front of the Ferguson Police Department. It's wrapping up a... ...her footing in that calling during the Ferguson uprising. Mike Brown forever change... ...start caring for people's kids at the Ferguson library. You can drop your child off... ...three of us go over to the Ferguson library. And we're like, Okay, how ca... ...about 250 students a day between the Ferguson library and this—we had to expand t... ...and others were protesting for? The Ferguson uprising is, at the time, the country'... ...move throughout the city. It was in Ferguson for Mike Brown. It was in ... ...our demands are mostly localized to the Ferguson Police Department and to Michael Brow... ...Florissant. I'm going to incorporate Ferguson . I'm going to incorporate Black Jack... ...in Bel-Nor, just a few minutes from Ferguson , when I was a child. Pulled out of hi... ...of work. When I say that the people in Ferguson , and eventually across multiple place... ...to your fertility. Meanwhile, the Ferguson Police Department, the St. Louis Count... ...Because it can't just be about Ferguson PD [police department] anymore. Whil... ...happening, the governor is creating the Ferguson Commission. What is brilliant about th... ...do that. When I got asked to be on the Ferguson Commission, I gave them the same speec... ...nobody could think that this was just a Ferguson problem. It brought movement folks i... ...in what became the Forward through Ferguson report. There's something ver... ...about. Because you walk in front of the Ferguson police department, and, I mean, th... ...I got tear-gassed out in front of the Ferguson Police Department. They tear-gasse... ...this time, I've been appointed to the Ferguson Commission, so it is fairly normal tha... ...with these now important seats on the Ferguson Commission, and the governor's ear, an... ...Did they come to St. Louis and to Ferguson , or was that December trip the firs... ...of the administration that had come to Ferguson . I did not meet with them. I mean, w... ...I'm like, “Oh, the first meeting of the Ferguson Commission is on Monday.” She's like... ...seven or eight of us, four of us from Ferguson , several from across th... ...the country. And what had happened in Ferguson had helped people—had created a bi... ...too. As we would say so often, Ferguson is everywhere. It's in Cleveland, it'... ...Because he wanted to set up a visit to Ferguson , and so he wanted me to coordinate it... ...killed. Also knowing that leading up to Ferguson , he said some things about protester... ...President Obama has yet to visit Ferguson , and that is simply not enough.” Ther... ...for you? It was different than the Ferguson Commission, in that we were tacticall... ...inclusively democratic process that the Ferguson Commission had built was going to b... ...assembled differently. So whereas the Ferguson Commission was co-led by a Black pasto... Show more... David Simas ...acquittal, but then you have Ferguson [Missouri]. You have Baltimore. Yo... Cecilia Muñoz ...docket? All of it was on my docket. Ferguson [Missouri, protests] was that summe... ...Obviously, what was happening in Ferguson was tremendously important. August i... ...rights leaders and organizers from Ferguson , which was the president's idea. H... ...When you think about it, like, Ferguson organizers and chiefs of police—this i... ...proud of it. You had an incident like Ferguson , and you're able to mobilize th... ...have to run again, and also because Ferguson and Baltimore happened—he got mor... Show more... Vanita Gupta ...after Michael Brown had been killed in Ferguson [Missouri]. I had pretty significan... ...was opening an investigation into the Ferguson Police Department while I wa... ...of 2017. I want to talk to you about Ferguson . I first just wanted to ask, is i... ...and his team became very close, because Ferguson was a fraught situation. We had th... ...department and in the community in Ferguson . So I got to see the attorney genera... ...to at some point. Let's go back to Ferguson , which is sort of your baptism int... ...what are your first steps for tackling Ferguson as an issue? So, there were tw... ...the team that was investigating the Ferguson police department. And what was reall... ...unrest all over the streets of Ferguson , the reality was, the relationshi... ...between law enforcement and Ferguson residents, predominantly Blac... ...Department did was groundbreaking in Ferguson , because it gave voice to broade... ...in which the criminal justice system in Ferguson corroded the trust, had undermined th... ...to dig in on what was happening in Ferguson on the fines and fees piece. And we ha... ...laws, of racial discrimination in Ferguson , was also a part of this report, so i... ...longstanding problems. The city of Ferguson was at first not willing to negotiat... ...decree with the city. In this instance, Ferguson was being pretty recalcitrant, mayb... ...up having to file a complaint and suing Ferguson . We ended up, though, negotiating ... ...still a lot of work to be done in Ferguson to remedy the problems that were foun... ...21st Century Policing task force after Ferguson as well. I would say that meeting—ther... Show more... Chris Lu ...wildfires, whatever you have, Ferguson . I think people don't appreciate th... Claudia Rankine ...of years later in 2014. You went to Ferguson not long after Michael Brown wa... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Gun Control Gun Control go to the Education Education go to the Republican Opposition Republican Opposition go to the Counterterrorism Counterterrorism go to the Public Health Public Health