“President Obama on Thursday will sign an executive order formally establishing a task force to review police practices after recent controversies over the killing of unarmed black men by law enforcement officers.
First announced last month, the panel will be required to deliver a set of concrete recommendations to Obama’s desk by March 2, according to the directive.
“The president made it very clear when he created this task force he wanted this to be on the fast track,” senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said Thursday, adding that Obama had a “personal commitment and determination to seek change.”
Obama announced the panel late last month after a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo.“* Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola (TYT University) and Wes Clark Jr break it down.
*Read more here:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/227626-obama-to-empanel-team-to-review-police-tactics
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