Dear President Obama: I’m not a journalist who really believes in these open letters. I think they’re pretty cheesy. But since I can’t exactly call you and tell you how I feel, I had to use this forum instead. Mr. President, I’m asking you to come home. I saw photos of you on Martha’s Vineyard […]
NBA bust Gilbert Arenas, who last played for a Chinese basketball team decided to take to his Instagram today to talk about Rev. Al Sharpton and give his thoughts on the Mike Brown shooting. Predictably, Arenas quickly made a fool of himself, calling Sharpton a “coon” and a “thot’ for heading to St. Louis to […]
Listen to Florrisant County dispatch above. Initial reports of Mike Brown’s shooting, comes on in the audio about 11:26. Who is behind the shadowy Internet hacker collective Anonymous? We have no idea. All we know if that they are a loose collective of cyber hackers who sometimes step into volatile situations where hacking might make a […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. Ferguson Police […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — After an unarmed black teenager was shot by a police officer, a St. Louis suburb endured two nights of violence sparked by racial tensions. Here’s a look at the key elements of the shooting and the unrest that followed: THE SHOOTING: Authorities have been vague about what led the officer to […]
Life has a way of helping us keep things in perspective. If we aren’t cynical and listen to its lessons, hopefully we can learn and grow. For months, a high school friend was preparing for me to come back to St. Louis, not far from my hometown, for a book signing party. You can imagine how […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A candlelight vigil for an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer was followed by unrest as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted officers who tried to block access to parts of the city. Streets in Ferguson upended on Sunday night […]
An unarmed black teenager who was supposed to start college on Monday won’t make it there. Instead, his family is planning his funeral after he was shot by police in Ferguson, MO, a suburb of St. Louis. The St. Louis County Police Department held a press conference Sunday morning where they said Mike Brown, 18, was […]
