(CNN) -- On the night the Ferguson Grand jury's decision broke, a friend sent me an email: "Something was clearly broken in the Ferguson community long before Michael Brown died. Time and energy needs to be spent on figuring out what went wrong and how you begin again to build trust -- because it will have to be rebuilt." I agree. Justice to be credible and accepted has to have trust as its foundation. Ferguson does not stand alone. Every day, in cities and towns across America, African-Americans experience weighted scales of justice. This reality is an accepted part of life for too many. That must change.
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Donna Brazile: After Ferguson decision, trust among black community has to be rebuilt
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She says justice system often unfair to blacks. It doesn't mean U.S. backslid in gains on race
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She says Americans want fairness. We need national commission on justice
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Brazile: Changes, forgiveness must come. But we cannot pretend problem doesn't exist
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