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Streaming *Unfortunately at protest march marking the second anniversary of killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white Ferguson, Missouri police officer, gunfire was reported. It happened after a police officer ordered a small group of protesters to clear the street as they marched downtown from the site of Brown’s shooting on […]

*A lawyer for the man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week said on Monday his client was beaten when he was taken into custody, an allegation police called “completely false,” reports Reuters. Jeffrey L. Williams, 20, had bruising across his back, on both […]

*Cultural images from the Ferguson protests are headed into a museum. Street-artist paintings on boards protecting store windows, signs bearing the now iconic statement, “Hands Up. Don’t Shoot,” and more items are being gathered for the Missouri History Museum, which will catalog the unrest that followed the August shooting death of Michael Brown by […]

*(Via CNN) – The Justice Department is preparing to bring a lawsuit against the Ferguson, Missouri, police department over a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the police department does not agree to make changes on its own, sources tell CNN. Attorney General Eric Holder said this week he expects to […]

*The federal government filed a 56-page civil lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Ferguson, Mo. alleging that, 18 months after the police shooting of Michael Brown, the city’s police and court system continue to violate black residents’ civil rights. According to Washington Post, the lawsuit says these “ongoing and pervasive” violations come from the […]

Uzo Aduba in “Verbatim: The Ferguson Case” *The New York Times, as a part of their Op-Doc series, has released “Verbatim: The Ferguson Case,” which reenacts the legal transcript of testimonies in the shooting of unarmed Ferguson, Missouri native Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson. In dramatic fashion, the video juxtaposes Wilson […]

[…] back on July 22nd in “Ice Age.” But this time around she says there are new demands on Peaches. Joining the crew is “Modern Family’s” Jesse Tyler Ferguson as the Shangi Llama. I caught up with the two at the Crosby Hotel. I caught up with the two at the Crosby Hotel in New […]

[…] Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri on September 11, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. *Ben Carson on Friday became the first presidential candidate of either party to visit Ferguson, Missouri, including the intersection where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in August 2014. Joined by Ferguson, Missouri’s mayor, the Republican […]

[…] of seeking a new investigation into the death of her 18-year-old son Michael Brown, Lezley McSpadden announced that she plans to run for a seat on the Ferguson City Council in April. McSpadden, who has been speaking out about the criminal justice system since her son’s death, has never held public office. On Friday, […]

*(Via Huffington Post) – Residents in Ferguson, Missouri, cast their votes on Tuesday in a closely watched election seen as a critical step toward ending racially discriminatory practices that thrust the St. Louis suburb into the national spotlight last year. Eight candidates, including four African-Americans, are vying for three seats on the six-member City […]

[…] caught on surveillance video fatally shooting a man he had kidnapped while on duty. According to PEOPLE, the Memphis Police Department confirmed on Sunday that Officer Patric Ferguson kidnapped 30-year-old  Robert Howard from his home, forced him into the back of a squad car and drove him to another location before murdering him.  Ferguson, […]

*Gunfire rang out in Ferguson, Missouri Sunday night following the release of new surveillance footage showing Michael Brown in the store that police claimed he robbed before being fatally shot by a white officer. There were no known arrests and no one is believed to have been shot, the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department said […]

*(Via Huffington Post) – The Ferguson, Missouri City Council is heading for a historic election this spring. Less than a year since the nation focused on racial tensions in this small St. Louis suburb, residents will head to the ballot box with their first real chance to change local government. After African-American teen Michael […]

*Rapper Talib Kweli provided Ferguson, Mo. protesters with a $100,000 grant for economic support on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, according to News One. “These are young men and women who have put their lives on hold to stand up for all of our freedoms,” Kweli said in a statement. He added, “the overly militarized […]

The Gathungus * Ferguson, MO — Local black entrepreneurs emerge as owners of the newest black-owned beauty supply store in Ferguson, MO following the protests over the killing of unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Officer Wilson was twice exonerated of any criminal wrongdoing, once in November by […]