Micheal Brown shooting

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A report from Missouri’s attorney general shows that black drivers across the state are 91% more likely than white motorists to be pulled over by police and newly collected data shows that African-Americans are even more likely to be stopped in many communities where they live. The Attorney General’s Office […]

  Michael Brown ‘s mother, Lesley McSpadden, is still grieving but has found a way to turn her grief into something positive. She  has founded The Michael O.D. Brown “We Love Our Sons & Daughters Foundation” and the Rainbow of Mother’s initiative to help young people and mothers who have lost children to violence. “We had our […]

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of additional National Guard troops rolled into Ferguson on Tuesday, a day after protesters looted businesses and set fire to buildings in a night of rage against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the white police officer who killed Michael Brown. Meanwhile, officer Darren Wilson broke his long public […]

After the Ferguson decision, people are hurting around the country and the world. It’s hard for many to fathom that an 18-year-old can be killed by a policeman and no justice applied to the crime. In the wake of the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday named 16 people to the new Ferguson Commission, an independent panel tasked with helping the St. Louis County suburb of Ferguson heal after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Here is a look at the commission and its members: WHO ARE THEY?: More […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An 18-year-old killed earlier this month by an off-duty St. Louis police officer was shot eight times, including six times from behind, said a forensic pathologist who performed a private autopsy Thursday. Dr. Cyril Wecht, who has investigated the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and JonBenet Ramsey, conducted the […]