The 18-year-old who was shot at 17 times by an off-duty St. Louis police officer died from a gunshot wound to the face, a medical examiner determined Thursday. Vonderrit Myers Jr. was shot six to seven times in the lower extremities. The fatal bullet, which entered the right cheek, was recovered from his body, said Dr. […]
The 18-year-old teen was shot 17 times by an off-duty officer in St. Louis...
Protests calling for justice in the days since unarmed teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson haven’t slowed down and show no signs of doing so. On the heels of Ferguson’s Weekend of Resistance — a two-day movement organized by youth leaders in Missouri as a call to action against police brutality and racial […]
From the game tonight..lol pic.twitter.com/WX8RCg2gFQ — Kathi Burch (@PossumAndPintos) October 7, 2014 Yep. That happened. At last night’s Cardinals-Dodgers game at Busch Stadium, Cardinal fans let Ferguson protestors who gathered in support of Michael Brown know what they really thought of the slain teen and their efforts for justice. Fans, some donning signs on their […]
Here’s some decent news. A federal judge has ruled that police in Ferguson, Mo. violated the Constitutional rights of protestors by telling them they had to keep walking and couldn’t stand still while demonstrating. Hundreds of protestors were arrested in the days after Michael Brown Jr.’s death for staging demonstrations in support of the teenager […]
Despite Missouri Governor Jay Nixon’s decision to keep St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch on the case of a white Ferguson police officer who gunned down an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown’s parents are renewing their call for a special prosecutor. McCulloch has been overseeing the grand jury probe in the shooting of Brown, carried out […]
Supporters of the black teenager who was gunned down by a white Ferguson, Mo. police officer in August switched gears this weekend, staging an emotional and powerful protest in the most unlikely of places. On Saturday night, demonstrators stood up one by one, singing in support of Michael Brown to the surprise (and disgust) of guests attending […]
Thursday night saw more questionable arrests in Ferguson, Missouri, after police intervened in a demonstration in front of the local police station. Residents of Ferguson continue to protest the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr. in August. Darren Wilson, the six-year police force veteran who opened fire on the 18-year-old, has yet to be […]
In what can only be a bittersweet moment for residents in Ferguson, Missouri, the city has witnessed a surge in voter registration following the shooting of a black unarmed teenager by white police officer Darren Wilson. Since Michael Brown’s death, 3,287 people out of the 4,839 in St. Louis County who have registered to vote are […]
An Illinois cop was fired after posting several disparaging comments on Facebook about the Ferguson, Mo. shooting, including one that said the officer who pulled the trigger on teenager Michael Brown “did society a favor.” Officer Jason Lentz of the Elgin Police Department was terminated because of conduct that undermined the city’s credibility, according to […]
Prosecutors in St. Louis County, Missouri are investigating a possible leak from the grand jury hearing evidence in Michael Brown’s shooting. The leak suggests there isn’t enough information to warrant charging Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot him in August. The information came from a Twitter user claiming to know about the jury’s proceedings. From the […]
The League of Young Voters, in conjunction with AllHipHop, ThoughtWorks, and HandsUp United held a breakfast during BET’s Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta, Ga., in honor of those slain by firearms, focusing on the recent shooting death of Michael Brown, Jr. to bring to light the prevalence of rampant gun violence. The breakfast, aptly named “No Guns Allowed: […]
