Obama Admin. Pushes More Police Training after Ferguson
The White House is pushing new proposals for police departments across the country in the wake of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
The president's effort aims to calm what he calls the "simmering distrust" between police and communities of color following last week's grand jury decsion not to indict the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
President Barack Obama made the proposal after a White House meeting with civil rights activists and political leaders from cities across the country Monday.
"It violates my belief in what America can be to hear young people feeling marginalized and distrustful, even after they've done everything right," the president told reporters at a news conference Monday.
His plan calls for $263 million to increase police training, and includes $75 million for small cameras officers can wear on their lapels to record events like the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Attorney General Eric Holder held a similar meeting in Atlanta on Monday. Holder announced plans for new Justice Department guidance aimed at ending racial profiling.
