Ferguson, Missouri teenager Michael Brown was killed by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014, but everything else about his death has been in dispute ever since. On the eve of the wrongful death civil suit filed by his family, a filmmaker is attempting to come up with something that amy prove close to […]
Dispensing proper reasoning, “Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams shot down the stereotype of the angry black man/woman in today’s society. The actor made his views known about the stereotype during a recent interview with The Guardian, according to The Huffington Post, which noted that Williams also touched on the misguided assumption that a black person’s […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County police must strengthen policies for handling protests, improve training on diversity and community policing, and do a better job of hiring and promoting minorities and women, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Justice. It was the third and final federal review stemming from the […]
A federal judge has scheduled an October 2016 trial for the wrongful death lawsuit brought against the city of Ferguson by Michael Brown Jr.’s parents after…
The Chicago Police Department has launched an investigation on one of its own after video of a white officer making comments about slain Ferguson teen…
The municipal court judge in Ferguson, Mo. ordered the withdrawal of all arrest warrants issued before December 31, 2014
An order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in Ferguson, Missouri before December 31, 2014 was announced today. CNN reports: Municipal Court Judge Donald McCullin, who was appointed in June, also changed the conditions for pretrial release. According to a press release put out by Ferguson, all defendants will be given new court dates with alternative penalties like […]
We’re always hearing about the many good cops there are. But from observation, there are bad cops who do bad things, would-be indifferent cops who…
A Facebook post shared by a St. Louis officer is being investigated by the local police department. The officer appeared to be bragging about the…
A Facebook post shared by a St. Louis officer is being investigated by the local police department. The officer appeared to be bragging about the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson city officials on Friday defended interim Police Chief Andre Anderson after an online report raised concerns about his record as an officer in Glendale, Arizona. The news website Vocativ.com, citing personnel records obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request, first reported that Anderson was suspended three times from the […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police outnumbered protesters along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday night, perhaps signaling the demonstrations around the anniversary of Michael Brown‘s death are starting to fade. The crowd of around 100 demonstrators was mostly calm and peaceful. Occasionally a few people would march or start a chant, but they spent […]
