via CNN: Nearly five years after her son Michael Brown was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, Lesley McSpadden was defeated in the city council election. McSpadden was one of three candidates vying for a council seat in the St. Louis suburb. She lost to Fran Griffin Tuesday night. McSpadden, who also goes by […]
The states of North Carolina and Missouri are making it harder for individuals to obtain video recorded by police body cameras and dash cams. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon have both signed bills regulating the release of video recordings from police body and dashboard cameras. In North Carolina, the law will allow the people […]
Another institution is under investigation after a noose was found hanging from a tree just a few miles from Ferguson, Mo. The noose was found at North Tech High…
A police officer shot and killed an armed man late Tuesday in Berkeley, Missouri, said St. Louis County police spokesman Brian Schellman. Police say the man had pointed a gun at the officer, who fired out of fear for his own life. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the dead man was Antonio Martin, […]
Hundreds of people protesting the death of Michael Brown and other fatal police shootings in Missouri and elsewhere stood inches from officers in riot gear…
Now we have a name. Darren Wilson is the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, police Chief Thomas Jackson told reporters Friday. He is a 6-year veteran with no disciplinary issues, Jackson said, declining to answer any questions about the officer. However, before naming him, Jackson spoke to CNN’s […]
Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with some people lobbing Molotov cocktails and other objects at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson, who […]
James Fortune talks with Roland Martin about the circumstances surrounding the shooting of unarmed teen Mike Brown in Missouri on Saturday. Click the audio player…
In the following commentary, Alveda King responds to the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was allegedly gunned down by a police officer Saturday in Ferguson, Missouri, outside of St. Louis. This time let’s not spin this into yet another argument over gun control. Let’s do something to stop the killing of our children and […]
From London, President Barack Obama said he plans to travel to the tornado-damaged state of Missouri on Sunday. A tornado that cut through the city of Joplin on Sunday was the single deadliest twister to ever hit American soil since the National Weather Service began keeping records 61 years ago. At least 118 people have […]
From London, President Barack Obama said he plans to travel to the tornado-damaged state of Missouri on Sunday. A tornado that cut through the city of Joplin on Sunday was the single deadliest twister to ever hit American soil since the National Weather Service began keeping records 61 years ago. At least 118 people have […]
A massive tornado that tore through the southwest Missouri city of Joplin killed at least 89 people, but authorities warned that the death toll could climb Monday as search and rescuers continued their work at sunrise.
