Missouri

, I preached at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the same church where I delivered the eulogy...

*Despite upsetting the St. Louis Police Officers Association with a unified showing of the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture symbolizing the Michael Brown case, the NFL will not fine St. Louis Rams players Jared Cook, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Chris Givens and Tavon Austin. A statement released Sunday by the SLPOA included the organization’s demand […]

*The above title is misleading because the criminal justice system of Ferguson, Missouri raised the ante. Instead of finding Officer Darren Wilson not guilty of any crime associated with killing Michael Brown – a result that most African-Americans would have expected, a grand jury decided that Brown’s death didn’t even warrant a trial. The incident […]

In July 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson formed the 11-member National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, better known as the Kerner Commission, to explain...

I was maybe 11 or 12 years old the first time I saw police officers grab a man and slam him to the ground....

Angry? Sure. Angry sounds good. Anger is okay -- no, preferred -- when dealing with injustice. Now, anger doesn't have to -- no, shouldn't --...

*First-hand details surrounding Michael Brown’s fatal encounter with Darren Wilson have surfaced from Wilson himself during testimony released Monday night. Court documents with Wilson’s testimony reveal the Ferguson, MO police officer told a grand jury that Brown looked like a “demon” during their confrontation as he compared the unarmed 6-foot-4-inch, 292-pound teen to “Hulk Hogan.” “And […]

*(Via Newsy) – Protests in Ferguson, Missouri this week presented Russia with the perfect opportunity to critique the U.S. and its local law enforcement. “Police have used tear gas on a crowd of rioters who were throwing rocks.”  Russian news outlets have been following the story out of Ferguson just as closely as U.S. outlets. (Video via RT) Several writers […]

*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 […]

*(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: […]