by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the...
Scott Kaufman, RAW STORY KEENE, N.H. (RawStory.com)—Police were forced to descend on Keene, New Hampshire Saturday night after students and outside agitators turned the city’s...
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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SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday found five Denver sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against a homeless street preacher who...
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...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — Police and protesters spent Sunday gearing up for the culmination of a weekend of demonstrations in...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hundreds of demonstrators peacefully kicked off a holiday weekend of protests dubbed “Ferguson October.” Late Friday,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis police officer shot and killed a black 18-year-old who had fired at him, authorities...
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a man who died after being placed in a police chokehold has filed a notice...
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...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist It’s been two months since Daniel Pantaleo strangled Eric Garner, 48, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island, N.Y....
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Protesters in this small Midwest city measure time by counting the number of days Ferguson Police...
(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 Ashahed Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Parents say death of a young 14 year old could have been prevented TAMPA, Fla....
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Memorial dedicated to Ezell Ford. Photos: Charlene Muhammad LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) – Attorneys for the family of...
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 Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Officials from the National Action Network, the National Urban League the National Bar Association, the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Neill Franklin says there is nothing new about friction between law enforcement agencies and Blacks. And...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist What was Alessandra Stanley, the longtime television critic of the New York Times, thinking that caused her in that now-infamous article...
Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Matt Pearce, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FERGUSON, Mo. (The L.A. Times)—Beauty Town has an elaborate video surveillance system that displays 16 angles...
Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after making fresh demands that Attorney General Eric Holder open federal investigations into police shootings of unarmed...
Molly Hennessy-Fisk, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times)—Federal officials intervened Friday to stop police in Ferguson, Mo., from wearing “I am Darren Wilson” bracelets...
