Senator Nasheed upset Nixon failed to speak out on the violence in Missouri
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Senator Nasheed upset Nixon failed to speak out on the violence in Missouri

Date: January 20, 2016
By: Stephanie Sandoval
State Capitol Bureau

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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was criticized by a black legislator for not having detailed plans for Ferguson in the State of the State Address.
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Wrap: St. Louis Senator Jamilah Nasheed said Nixon should have addressed more on the issues in Ferguson. Nixon had a few sentences in his address dealing with the issues involving Ferguson. Nasheed also criticized him for not referring or thanking the Ferguson committee.  

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Description: "people not gonna wanna live there, they're not gonna want to play there, they're not gonna want to work there if we have a high murder rate and if we have a high crime rate."
Nasheed said there is a direct correlation between prisoners not having the resources they need to reenter into society and violence they do. 
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Stephanie Sandoval.
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Senator Nasheed said the Governors budget should have allocated money for reentry programs for prisoners to reenter into society.
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Description: "lawsuits against law enforcement you know and there would be no more police brutality that people claim and that law enforcement is you know pushing out on young folks."