U.S. clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
The Justice Department won't prosecute former a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but in a scathing report released Wednesday faulted the city and its law...
View ArticleMichael Brown’s parents announce civil lawsuit in death
Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson said Thursday that they would file a civil lawsuit in Michael...
View ArticleFerguson leaders, DOJ officials to meet again
Ferguson city leaders will meet with Justice Department officials in about two weeks and provide a plan for ways to improve the police department following a scathing report released this week, Mayor...
View Article2 officers shot in ‘ambush’ outside Ferguson PD
Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday while demonstrators were gathered across the street — an attack the county police chief described as "an ambush" that...
View ArticleTeaching Ferguson: Missouri law schools delve into the issue
The national byword for racial and policing issues is in a law school class by itself.
View ArticlePart-time Ferguson mayor in full-time spotlight
In the days since the release of a Justice Department report that found widespread racial bias in the Ferguson Police Department, the mayor of the St. Louis suburb has become a part-time public servant...
View ArticleWisconsin man urges Missouri police-involved death reviews
A Wisconsin man whose son was shot and killed by a police officer in 2004 told Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday that independent investigations into such deaths are necessary to ensure justice.
View ArticleMoney woes could lead to dissolution, Ferguson leaders say
The Missouri town thrust into the spotlight after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown could face eventual dissolution unless serious financial threats can be resolved, Ferguson’s acting city...
View ArticleMoney woes could lead to dissolution, Ferguson leaders say
The Missouri town thrust into the spotlight after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown could face eventual dissolution unless serious financial threats can be resolved, Ferguson’s acting city...
View ArticleOscar nomination for film about Missouri activist Bruce Franks Jr.
A documentary about Missouri activist and former state representative Bruce Franks Jr. was nominated Monday for an Oscar in the Documentary Short Subject category. “St. Louis Superman,” follows the...
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