Lisa Brown and Tim Bryant, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FERGUSON, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A peaceful day of protest and remembrance dissolved into chaos...
Molly Hennessy-Fiske, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) — Alan “Al” Eickhoff, interim police chief in Ferguson, Mo., took over the embattled department...
Wesley Lowery and Kimberyly Kindy, THE WASHINGTON POST FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post)—City officials in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the full,...
(Bloomberg) – Next week, Crystal Stovall will choose between two black candidates running to represent her City Council ward in Ferguson, Missouri. The election is...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If the Black residents of Ferguson, Mo., want to radically reform the political climate that...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — Addressing one of the Justice Department’s primary recommendations for the Police Department here, the new acting police chief said on...
Carolyn Kellogg, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—New Press will publish the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department” and bring...
MARTHA BELLISLE, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington man who posted Facebook comments threatening a former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer will avoid prison but has...
(Bloomberg) — St. Louis County police and the Missouri State Highway Patrol took over security for protests in Ferguson Thursday evening after two officers were...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday while demonstrators were gathered across...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Five people in Ferguson have been fired or resigned under pressure in the week since the release of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Justice Department’s recent investigation of the Ferguson, Mo. Police Department not only revealed widespread...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson was still on the job Friday, two days after a government report blasted...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government’s withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal investigation of the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, is expected to allege patterns of racial bias in...
(Politico) – In weighing whether to bring discrimination charges against the Ferguson Police Department, the Justice Department has been “seriously examining” allegations that the city’s...
by Bridjes O’Neil Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis American Members of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus met with those from the Organization for...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - The NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund, citing “grave legal concerns,” is asking a Missouri judge to convene...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached —...
White Americans feel like they are being singled out because of the color of their skin rather than any actions they’ve taken. That’s how black...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The violent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, reflect simmering U.S. tensions over racial discrimination that could undermine the country’s stability,...
Athletes took to social media on Monday night to respond to news that 28-year-old Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in the shooting death...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict a policeman for the killing of Michael Brown illustrates the difficulty...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Long after the St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert M. McCulloch announced Officer Darren Wilson will not be...
