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Hi everybody, thank you for your support and votes! It's always hard to know how something new like this will turn out, but I have to say, I'm pleased with the results. And thank you most of all to my wonderful wife Dara Ashby! Wesley Bell, congratulations on your victory in the primary and the general election. When people asked me why I was running, a big part of it was to shine a light on the Ferguson Consent Decree and the DOJ report on the Ferguson Police Department. Not to undo reform, but because unless we have good facts - an honest evaluation of what happened - then we won't have good policy. The DOJ Report on the FPD was not an accurate review of what was going on in Ferguson, and it created a pattern of distorting police actions in our country which continues to this day.
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We need to revisit the DOJ report. And Wesley, you are the person to do so - you have the credibility, the history and now a seat in Congress. You could probably have a good long career just by keeping your head down. I'm hoping you will do more. I'm hoping you will be the person that stands up and forces a re-evaluation of the relationship between society and our police, and helps bring us back to a more balanced, realistic view of policing.
Again, thank you everybody, and especially my wife!
Again, thank you everybody, and especially my wife!