A Washington state man was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday after allegedly threatening to kill resigned Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson. The 48-year-old man, Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar, was charged with three counts of making interstate threats after allegedly posting threats against Wilson and his family to Facebook. Each count is punishable by up to five years […]

Comedian Chris Rock’s latest comedy Top Five may be the talk of Hollywood right now, but his comments on the recent unrest in Ferguson, Mo. and beyond is what blew us away. During a New York Magazine Q&A with Rock and interviewer Frank Rich, Rock talked candidly about protests in Ferguson following the death of Michael […]

Protests calling for the end of police brutality and the indictment of officers who are responsible for excessive force may have dotted the nation in the past weeks, but cops in Cleveland think it’s all too much. In fact, just a week after Cleveland police fatally shot a 12-year-old for holding a toy gun, nine […]

Joining the St. Louis Rams in their Sunday protest to stand in solidarity with demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo., members of Congress took to the House floor to broadcast their “Hands Up!” gesture and speak out against police violence. The four individuals, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus, raised their hands, palms out, to show the […]

So this happened. No stranger to making waves when it comes to talking race relations in America, TNT analyst and NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley said in an interview that he agreed with the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo. officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr. “The true story […]

In response to the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo. and the national eruption of protests to denounce police violence, President Barack Obama spoke with reporters and a handful of activists in meetings Monday to discuss policing practices, how to reform police relations, and policy solutions to smooth over tensions between police […]

St. Louis Prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s refusal to ask a Ferguson grand jury for an indictment of Officer Darren Wilson — leaving them to examine mounds of evidence with no suggested charge — isn’t the only flaw that may have helped Wilson’s case. Turns out, an outdated, unconstitutional statute given to the jurors by Assistant District Attorney Kathi Alizadeh may […]

In “People Who Put The Onus On Oppressed Communities To Fix Oppression” news, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took to the airwaves once again to blame black people for getting killed by police at disproportionate rates. On the heels of his eyebrow-raising remarks last week that “the danger to a black child is another […]

Ferguson

News that Officer Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday is unlikely to ease tensions in the aftermath of the grand jury…

The white Missouri police officer who shot and killed a black unarmed teenager in August will not receive a severance package following his decision to resign from the Ferguson Police Department. Darren Wilson won’t receive any further pay or benefits, according to Mayor James Knowles, who added that Wilson and the city have severed their […]

Police in St. Louis can’t stop adding insult to injury when it comes to the shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr. and the decision not to charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in his death. Before hitting the NFL field for pre-game introductions Sunday, five St. Louis Rams players stood side-by-side with their hands […]

Ferguson

Ferguson protesters have taken to the streets to rally against the Darren Wilson grand jury decision and against police brutality in many different ways. Some have…