Wilson, co-chair of the Ferguson Commission, sees the events “as pivot points for a 21st-century civil rights movement. But first, he says, Ferguson has to heal and reform its own institutions, including law enforcement and the court system,” VPR reports.
“ ‘And so we must not move too quickly away from Ferguson as a nation because if we don’t get policy change here, if you can’t win here, than you cannot translate it to other places,’ ” he said during his visit, VPR reports.
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