Six years ago today, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police. Today, I'm thinking about Michael, Breonna, George, and the hundreds of other Americans shot down in their own homes and streets.
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I'm thinking of their mothers, and the millions of mothers across the country that fear what might happen to their kids because of the color of their skin. Michael's death sparked a national dialogue about police brutality, criminal justice reform, and racial inequity.
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But there's still so much work to do. We need to build trust in our communities. To achieve true justice in America, we need structural reforms across our criminal justice system, across our health care system, across our public housing system, and across our education system.
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"True justice" is a rather vague concept that many can misinterpret. You suggest needed structural reforms across 4 rather broad areas, but offer no potential solutions to enact those reforms. What specifically do you propose?
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