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*Michael Brown‘s parents have a problem with a request from the city of Ferguson for their son’s medical and academic records. The city wants them as it defends itself against a lawsuit Brown’s parents filed over the 2014 police shooting death of the unarmed 18-year-old. In a December court filing, Michael Brown Sr. and […]

*Earlier we announced that Michael Brown Sr. and Lezley McSpadden, the parents of Michael Brown, had received a settlement form the city of Ferguson, but the amount was not made known. Now, a report from the AP says the insurance company for the city of Ferguson, Missouri, paid $1.5 million to settle a wrongful death […]

Tyrone Harris, 18, lies badly wounded after a police officer involved shooting in Ferguson, Missouri August 9, 2015. *Prosecutors on Monday charged an 18-year-old man with assault on police officers after an exchange of gunfire Sunday on the anniversary of the shooting of unarmed black man Michael Brown by a white officer in Ferguson, […]

*(Via LA Times) – A night of protests on the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. turned suddenly violent Sunday night when gunfire broke out in the crowd and police shot a man who opened fire on a vehicle full of plainclothes officers.. The unidentified suspect was in critical condition, and […]

Police force protestors from the business district into nearby neighborhoods in Ferguson, Missouri on August 11th, 2014 *Trump’s new Attorney General Jeff Sessions has questioned reports published by his agency about policing in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, describing “some of it” as “pretty anecdotal and not so scientifically based.” While admitting that he had […]

*(Via NY Times) – The city manager of Ferguson, whom a Department of Justice report blamed as one of the officials responsible for much of the questionable conduct by the police and the courts here, has agreed to resign. The announcement came during a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, about a week after […]

[…] them to get half of what they have!” In a departure for the show, and on the heels of this week’s DOJ report outlining the racism in Ferguson’s police department, municipal court and jail, Shonda Rhimes and her team of scribes dove into the politics of Ferguson through the fatal shooting of a black […]

Rebecca Ferguson performs ahead of the Regent Street Christmas lights switch on, on November 17, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. *Former “X Factor UK” contestant Rebecca Ferguson is the latest performer to take issue with being invited to sing at Donald Trump’s inauguration, but the black British singer has come up with a way […]

*Method Man called the Department of Justice’s recent report exposing racial discrimination on behalf of Ferguson, Mo.’s police department “common knowledge” to residents in America, although it might have been surprising to some. The rapper appeared on MSNBC’s “NewsNation,” and he blamed the DOJ report as a contributing factor to the shooting of two police officers […]

[…] Mark Missionary Baptist Church on March 5, 2015 in Dellwood, Missouri. *The family of Michael Brown is planning to pursue a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, and former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, an attorney for the family announced Thursday. The news comes just one day after the U.S. Department of […]

[…] Curse of Bridge Hollow – poster *Get ready for what looks like a hilarious and spooky new Netflix Halloween flick starring Marlon Wayans, Kelly Rowland and Priah Ferguson. It’s called “The Curse of Bridge Hollow.” What’s it about, you ask? When a teenage girl (Priah Ferguson) accidentally unleashes an ancient and mischievous spirit on […]

*Former Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson could be cleared for fatally shooting Michael Brown, according to the New York Times. In its report, which came out Wednesday, the Times stated that the U.S. Justice Department is about to close the investigation into Brown’s shooting as it quoted law enforcement officials who said that […]

[…] leaders of America’s cities have serious concerns about race relations, minority communities and policing issues as the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of last year’s unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, a POLITICO Magazine survey finds. And urban public schools—widely identified by experts as the key to improvement of neighborhood conditions, racial equity and social mobility—won’t […]

[…] hours and hours and hours live. Right? Sometimes there’s nothing in that box, no words.” On the time he said it “obviously” smelled like marijuana during the Ferguson protests, Lemon says he was using one of many of the filler words an anchor uses when he has to fill in dead air. Lemon also said […]

[…] described the passion that was felt by those viewing the short. Filmmaker Panel: From left to right directors Shawnee’ and Shawnelle Gibbs, director Lyntoria Newton, writer-director Keena Ferguson, writer-director Savannah Treena, writer-director Nicole L. Thompson, writer-director Jabree Webber and at the podium, host Sandra Evers-Manly. The crowd yelled terms like sisterhood, self worth, resilience, […]