WASHINGTON -- Thousands of people across the nation turned out Monday night to show solidarity with the protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, after a grand...
*Is the recently convened Ferguson Commission merely an attempt to placate the Brown family and lull the black community into a false sense of “we’re working to fix the problems?” Will the Commission’s policy recommendations translate into meaningful change on the Ferguson Police Department? I’m not so sure. As a retired twenty year veteran sergeant […]
*(Via Newsy) – Monday night’s announcement that Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted has set off new protests in Ferguson, Missouri. In the hour after the decision was released, there were scattered reports of violence, including gunshots near Ferguson police headquarters. Fires were also set to police vehicles. KSHB’s feed shows, while some officers carry what looked […]
*On March 22, 1991, a visibly shaken and angered President George H.W. Bush said he was sickened and outraged” by what he saw on television. That was the beating of black motorist Rodney King by a swarm of LAPD cops. A year later following the acquittal of four LAPD cops by a Simi Valley jury […]
*(Baltimore, MD) — In response to the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the killing of 18 year old Michael Brown Jr., the NAACP, including members of the Youth and College division and senior and youth organizations, will be embarking a 120 mile march, 7 – day march entitled, “Journey for Justice: […]
*In the wake of a decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, MO to not indict white police officer Darren Wilson for shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, President Obama President on Monday urged calm across the nation. In brief remarks at the White House, the president acknowledged that anger is “an understandable […]
As the nation drinks in the strikingly contrasting images of armored police in riot gear standing underneath a hoisted signage of “Seasons Greetings” in Ferguson,…
*(Via Huffington Post) – A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced Monday. McCulloch said members of the jury met for 25 days and heard over 70 hours of testimony from over 60 witnesses before reaching their […]
*As the world waits to see if Darren Wilson will be indicted by a grand jury for the killing of Michael Brown, the unarmed teen’s mother is urging protestors to remain peaceful. Speaking to a gathering along Canfield Drive, just feet from where her son was killed, Lesley McSpadden encouraged peace as she told the […]
*Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” things got extremely interesting between former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Georgetown Professor Michael Eric Dyson. They got into the kind of back and forth that had the potential to go to blows if they were in the same space, however Giuliani was at a remote location. To say […]
