(USA Today) – The parents of an unarmed black teenager killed in a St. Louis suburb say they want a grand jury to indict the...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel began grilling American officials Wednesday over the U.S. government’s compliance with a key anti-torture treaty, raising...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Police will work to protect peaceful protesters after a grand jury’s decision in the Michael Brown shooting...
(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...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Activists asked Wednesday for advance notice before prosecutors announce whether a Ferguson police officer will face charges...
(Al-Jazeera America) – In the wake of the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after the Aug. 9 shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that there was an obvious need for “wholesale change” in the Ferguson, Missouri,...
(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.,...
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 Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “This memorial has put up to remember Mike Brown and all the people who...
by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Justice Department officials wrapped a two-day visit Friday to Ferguson, Missouri, after meeting with...
(USA Today) – A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Anger spilled over Tuesday after fire destroyed one of two memorials on the street where Michael Brown was...
Highway shutdown, raucous city council meeting signals the struggle for justice is far from over in Ferguson, Mo. by Dr. J. A. Salaam Special to the...
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...
(USA Today) – Newly discovered witnesses to the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Missouri teen Michael Brown are corroborating other witnesses’ comments that Brown was...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri. Police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The 18-year-old fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer didn’t face any juvenile charges at...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – During a rousing, standing-room only town hall discussion dedicated to the shooting death of Michael...
By Hanqing Chen Special to the NNPA from ProPublica Protests have continued for more than a week since the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael...
HAVEN DALEY, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton broke nearly three weeks of silence Thursday on the fatal police shooting of an unarmed...
by Saeed Shabazz Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) – Including Michael Brown, five unarmed Black men have been killed...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – At noon on Saturday, August 9, Michael Brown, 18, and his friend, Dorian Johnson, crossed paths with...
