Local Ferguson activists meet with President Obama
President Obama hosted meetings at the White House regarding the events in Ferguson. Participants included several local people. They are Rasheen Aldridge and Brittany Packnett, both with the Ferguson Commission; Antoine White (T-Dubb), Artist; Ashley Yates of Millennial Activists United.
Barack Obama, Brittany Packnett, Richard Beary, Phil Agnew
President Barack Obama greets Brittany Packnett from the Ferguson Commission following his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Obama said that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson, Missouri, he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve. Also at the meeting are Richard Beary, President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and Phil Agnew, member of the Dream Defenders. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Barack Obama, Bill de Blasio
President Barack Obama, center, pauses as he speaks during his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Obama says that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson, Mo., he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve. To the left of Obama is New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama
President Barack Obama, center, speaks during his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Obama said that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson, Missouri, he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Barack Obama
President Barack Obama, center, speaks during his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Obama said that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson, Missouri, he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Brittany Packnett comes home to lead Teach for America
Brittany Packnett, executive director of Teach for America-St. Louis, talks with Moline Elementary first grader Adrianna Clemons as she spends the morning observing a TFA teacher at the Riverview Gardens school on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Brittany Packnett comes home to lead Teach for America
Brittany Packnett, executive director of Teach for America-St. Louis, reads with Moline Elementary first graders Justin Buggs (left) and Taisha Clark (second from right) as she spends the morning observing a TFA teacher at the Riverview Gardens school on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Protests around Eager Road and Hanley Road shopping district
Protest leader Ashley Yates carries Kenna, age 6, the daughter of another protest leader Brittany Ferrell , past some National Guard troops in a Humvee that was shadowing police and protesters as they moved down Eager Road during a demonstration march on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. "She clutches me tighter when she sees the Humvee" said Yates.
Protests around Eager Road and Hanley Road shopping district
Ashley Yates leads the protest with a megaphone on Hanley Road during a demonstration that started on Eager Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis fast-food workers join new wave of walkouts
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches employee Rasheen Aldridge joined protesters inside the Hardee's Restaurant at 601 Chestnut Street in St. Louis on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Community Meeting - Ferguson
Rasheen Aldridge, of St. Louis, center, talks about how he feels African Americans are targeted by police as Jeanina Jenkins, of Florissant, left, and St. Louis County Patrol Officer Nicole Gentry, listen during a panel discussion between community members and local law enforcement officers during a Community Empowerment Summit at the Great St. Mark Family Church, Saturday, Sep. 27, 2014. Photo by Roberto Rodriguez, rrodriguez@post-dispatch.com
Barack Obama, Bill de Blasio, Charles Ramsey, Rasheen Aldridge
Rasheen Aldridge (far left), a member of the Ferguson Commission listens to President Barack Obama speak during a meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the Old Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Obama said that in the wake of the shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old man in Ferguson he wants to make sure to build better trust between police and the communities they serve.Ìý(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Brittany Packnett, Rasheen Aldridge Jr. to meet president this afternoon
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