Protesters with the NAACP began their march for justice Saturday in Ferguson. Hundreds answered the historic civil rights organization’s call in its response to the…
Protestors in Ferguson, Mo. and around the nation have shifted their focus from highways and police stations to where it really matters — retailers’ pockets. Demonstrators began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers in an effort to make a statement about who has the most buying power in the nation — a tactic that […]
Officials in Cleveland have confirmed that it took officers close to four minutes to administer first aid to 12-year-old Tamir Rice after a rookie cop shot the child for holding a fake gun. Following the announcement that first-aid was delayed, Dan Williams, a spokesman for Mayor Frank Jackson, said the officers’ actions are under investigation. He […]
I had just walked into the house. It was late. 11:30PM late. My girlfriend and I had marched for hours with thousands of New Yorkers in support of the family in Ferguson. I was proud of my city. Proud of my people for crying out-loud about the injustice that was the previous night’s non-indictment announcement […]
A Ferguson, Mo. woman is now blind in her left eye after police shot a bean bag at her car window during demonstrations to protest the Darren Wilson grand jury decision, smashing the window and causing glass to hit her face. The woman, who is also pregnant, has been identified as Dornella Conners. In addition […]
Oh, Really? Pharrell Williams Talks Ferguson, Says Michael Brown’s Behavior Was “Bullyish” (DETAILS)
Comments musical genius Pharrell Williams made about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. and unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s death in an Ebony magazine interview are ruffling feathers and offending Brown supporters. Williams, who sat down with Ebony’s Kenya Hunt before a grand jury decided not to bring charges against the white police officer who shot and […]
If you haven’t seen it, there’s a video circulating of Mike Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head standing outside the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters shouting “Burn this…
Video of a Cleveland police officer fatally shooting a 12-year-old for holding a fake gun over the weekend reveal a disturbing and shocking detail. The officer, identified as rookie Timothy Lowman, 26, shot Tamir Rice immediately after jumping out of the patrol car, which was still moving when police pulled up to the child. The […]
Family and friends in Ferguson are mourning the death of another black male in the St. Louis area while still reeling from protests sparked over Michael Brown’s death, and the failure to charge the man who killed him. DeAndre Joshua, 20, was found dead inside a parked car by a resident of an apartment complex […]
The mother of Michael Brown Jr., the Ferguson, Mo. teenager gunned down by white police officer Darren Wilson, spoke out for the first time since a grand jury failed to indict the officer for killing her son on NBC’s TODAY show Wednesday morning. In the interview, Lesley McSpadden appeared with Brown’s father, Michael Brown Sr., to discuss the […]
Demonstrators nationwide made sure the community in Ferguson, Mo. isn’t standing alone in their call to indict the justice system that allowed a white police officer to kill an unarmed black teenager yet again. Tuesday night, the day after Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch announced that a grand jury failed to bring charges against Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, at least […]
In what St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar called an “improvement from the night before,” police arrested 45 people following protests in Ferguson, Mo. over the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson. Authorities credit the less intense night to a surge in National Guard presence in the Ferguson area Tuesday, but a number of protestors […]
