(Reuters) – Riot police arrested at least two demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri, for a second night running as tensions simmer ahead of a grand jury...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As local authorities in Missouri near the end of their investigation in the Ferguson shooting, a broader federal civil...
(USA Today) – When it comes to racially lopsided arrests, the most remarkable thing about Ferguson, Mo., might be just how ordinary it is. Police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Some suburban St. Louis gun dealers have been doing brisk business, particularly among first-time buyers, as fearful...
(USA Today) – The parents of an unarmed black teenager killed in a St. Louis suburb say they want a grand jury to indict the...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The number of felony suspects fatally shot by police last year — 461— was the most in two decades, according to...
(The Washington Post) – It was 8:30 a.m., and DeRay Mckesson was at a McDonald’s here, the place humming with customers despite riots that left...
(Huffington Post) – The Justice Department condemned a series of leaks from the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo.,...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) – The official autopsy on Michael Brown shows that he was shot in the hand at close range, according to...
by Bridjes O’Neil Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The Rev. Traci Blackmon of Christ the King UCC said it was time for...
The passion, emerging power of Black youth fuel demands for justice by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call ST. LOUIS,...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the...
by Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Eric Sagara Special to the NNPA from ProPublica Special Report Young Black males in recent years were...
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by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American At 4 a.m. on Saturday, a group of about 20 local residents gathered...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Just after intermission, about 50 people disrupted the St. Louis Symphony’s performance of...
(USA Today) – A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary...
(The Washington Post) – The St. Louis County prosecutor’s office is investigating an accusation of misconduct on the grand jury that is hearing the case...
(USA Today) – More than 3,000 people have registered to vote in Ferguson, Mo., since the death of Michael Brown — a surge in interest...
By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The U.S. Department of Justice ordered Ferguson police officers to stop wearing “I...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Neill Franklin says there is nothing new about friction between law enforcement agencies and Blacks. And...
UNITED NATIONS (Politico) — Speaking to world leaders here on Wednesday about the need to reduce racial tensions and respect human rights, President Barack Obama pointed...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Department of Justice investigators on Wednesday heard one story after another about police harassment and brutality in Ferguson,...
(Los Angeles Times) – A proposal for greater citizen oversight of the Ferguson Police Department has been criticized as “weak” and “insulting” by police experts...
RYAN PEARSON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t seeing the full picture a month after an...
