(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...
(USA Today) – Newly discovered witnesses to the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Missouri teen Michael Brown are corroborating other witnesses’ comments that Brown was...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a...
By Irma McClaurin Special to the NNPA from Insight News PERSPECTIVE They are not insurgents. They are not enemy combatants. They are not hostile enemy forces....
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...
JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lamont Jones and Keith Stephens stood 60 feet from each other, separated by four lanes of pavement...
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 Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – At noon on Saturday, August 9, Michael Brown, 18, and his friend, Dorian Johnson, crossed paths with...
CLAYTON, Mo. (USA Today) – St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar defended his department’s use of tear gas, smoke, batons, rifles and armored trucks in...
(CNN) — Could a newly released audio provide more clues on what led up to Michael Brown’s shooting death? The FBI has questioned a man who says he...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “There is a passage in the scripture that says what the devil meant...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call ST. LOUIS – Black leaders took their demands to the office of county prosecutor...
by Ishmael Sistrunk Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American In the world of sports, big, strong black Americans are cheered, celebrated and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the aftermath of the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed, Black teenager by a...
ADAM GELLER, AP National Writer Stepping to the pulpit at Greater Grace Church — minutes from where a suburban St. Louis police officer shot and killed...
(The Washington Post) – A new CBS News/New York Times poll shows that Americans give President Obama mixed reviews for his handling of the situation in Ferguson,...
(NBC News) – A crowdfunding site created this week to support Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson and his family continues to grow, despite a considerable...
FERGUSON, Mo. (The Washington Post) — Twelve days after the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, six people were arrested. A bottle was thrown at police....
(Politico) – The family of Michael Brown will attend a march Saturday led by the Rev. Al Sharpton on Staten Island on behalf of Eric Garner,...
by Ishmael Sistrunk Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American I understand. Violence and looting have ripped apart North County since the shooting of...
(The Washington Post) – There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged...
By Chris King Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Brother Anthony Shahid prevented far worse mayhem and perhaps bloodshed on the streets of...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For one night, all was well in Ferguson, Missouri. After a change in police command, violent protests decrying...
