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State Senator Chappell critical of Nixon's plans

Missouri Senate

  State Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal continues to criticize the governor. She says Nixon’s plans for a new commission to study social unrest inflamed by Ferguson shooting come too late to help the community.

“The Governor and his approach should have occurred year ago if not 77 days ago," Chappelle-Nadal said. "To have a commission is very easy and simple to do. It is 'low hanging fruit.'”

Nixon's commission first order of business will be to conduct a study of underlying social and economic conditions that creates unrest in Ferguson.

But Chappelle-Nadal says dissatisfaction in Ferguson stems from deeper problems in the state.

"The issue is not just jobs. It's institutional racism, and it's not just in the police department," Chappelle-Nadal said. 

Hope Kirwan left KBIA in September 2015.
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