CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Protesters seeking the immediate arrest of the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old loudly disrupted another government meeting Tuesday, renewing calls to remove the county prosecutor investigating the case and vowing political retaliation against an elected official tied to the prosecutor. The demand for Darren Wilson’s arrest and […]
A few days ago, there were reports that two construction workers near the scene of the Mike Brown shooting witnessed Brown being shot by Officer Darren Wilson. The white workers, who declined to be identified, said they saw Brown put his hands up before being gunned down. Now, there is video that supports their testimony. […]
Kids in Ferguson, Missouri want you to know that racism still exists. If the shooting of Michael Brown wasn’t enough proof, these kids drive the point home in both adorable and heartbreaking fashion. The video, which underscores the continuing protests in Ferguson, (the international media may have left, but the protestors haven’t) hopes to helps […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The father of a black 18-year-old shot to death by a white police officer in Ferguson pleaded Sunday for a “day of silence” as he lays his son to rest Monday. “Tomorrow all I want is peace,” Michael Brown Sr. told hundreds of people in St. Louis’ largest city park during […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Conditions calmed this week in Ferguson after nights of sometimes violent unrest stemming from the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer. But a delicate and crucial question lingers: What happens if the grand jury now considering the case doesn’t return a charge against the officer? The […]
The streets are watching, and now they can upload everything they see to an online database thanks to three teens. With the recent deaths of…
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department released cell phone footage Wednesday of the police shooting of Kajieme Powell, the 25-year-old black man killed on Tuesday in St. Louis. According to St. Louis Public Radio, the police released the video Wednesday evening as part of an effort to be more transparent when it […]
As Ferguson protesters anxiously await for justice in the shooting death of Michael Brown, our radio stations that serve their community have become a platform…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson’s leaders urged residents Tuesday to stay home after dark to “allow peace to settle in” and pledged several actions to reconnect with the predominantly black community in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown has sparked nightly clashes between protesters and police. According to a […]
Don Lemon, CNN reporter and weekly contributor to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, reports live from Ferguson, Missouri. “As we’ve been out here gauging people’s reaction, they are saying they don’t believe that this new information matters all to much. What really matters is when the officer and Michael Brown had that confrontation on the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Images of police outfitted in paramilitary gear clashing with protesters in suburban St. Louis are giving new impetus to efforts to rein in a Pentagon program that provides free machine guns and other surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., says he plans to introduce legislation when […]
J. Cole has responded to the shooting death of Michael Brown with a new song titled “Be Free.” Over somber piano notes, the rapper wails the refrain, “All we wanna do is take the chains off…all we wanna do is be free.” His tear-stained delivery moves from spoken word to singing. The lyrics plead for […]
