ferguson shooting
Inconvenient facts in Ferguson
We won’t know for a month or so whether a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., will be charged in the shooting death of an unarmed black youth, Michael Brown....
Time to start deracializing Ferguson
Darren Wilson, the police officer whose shooting triggered the Ferguson, Mo., disturbances has now presented his side of the story to a grand jury. From initial reports, Wilson’s account is...
Michael Brown shot at close range: autopsy
Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, suffered a gunshot to the hand from close range, according to a copy...
Ferguson cop claims Brown charged at him: report
The police officer who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., last summer said the teen had the weapon pressed against his hip and charged at him even after being shot,...
Sharpton calls on feds to indict Ferguson cop for shooting death
A decision on whether a Missouri grand jury will criminally charge the police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in Ferguson is a month away — but the...
Ferguson cop unlikely to face civil rights charges
The white Ferguson, Mo., cop who shot and killed an unarmed black teen is unlikely to face federal civil rights charges because of a lack of evidence, a new report...
County police to again control Ferguson security
FERGUSON, Mo. — St. Louis County police are again taking control of Ferguson security after another round of overnight protester arrests. The county said Friday that the change takes place...
Ferguson charging big fees for release of Michael Brown files
Bureaucrats in Ferguson, Missouri, responding to requests under the state's Sunshine Act to turn over government files about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, are charging nearly 10 times...
There goes stop-and-frisk Judge Shira Scheindlin again
Turns out that, in addition to her legal talents, Shira Scheindlin believes herself something of a seer. You know those recent deaths in police custody of Eric Garner and Michael...
New Ferguson video shows witnesses raising hands in the air
http://youtu.be/hzI2qM0r2XI ST. LOUIS — Cellphone video that shows a witness raising his hands in the air immediately after the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer...
Justice Dept. to investigate civil rights practices of Ferguson PD
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting death last month of an...
Reckless SWAT use is worse than tanks in the street
Contrary to what you may have heard, the armored vehicles that appeared on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., during the unrest that followed the police shooting of Michael Brown didn’t...
Police used excessive force to quell Ferguson unrest: suit
ST. LOUIS — A federal lawsuit filed Thursday alleges that police in Ferguson and St. Louis County used excessive force and falsely arrested innocent bystanders amid attempts to quell widespread...
Are these the shots that killed Michael Brown?
A Ferguson man might have inadvertently recorded the fatal shots that brought down Michael Brown. In audio broadcast by CNN late Monday night, at least 10 gunshots could be heard —...
Thousands mourn 'gentle giant' Michael Brown in tearful ceremony
Thousands of tearful mourners gathered at a St.Louis church Monday for the funeral of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teen who was shot dead by a white cop in the...
Obama orders review on police use of military hardware
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during...
Eric the arsonist: Holder fans Ferguson flames
Words matter — and never more so than when race is involved. For more than a week, we have been repeatedly told that a white police officer shot and killed...
Teacher suspended after letting students re-enact Ferguson
SELMA, Ala. — An Alabama schoolteacher is suspended without pay after being accused of allowing students to re-enact the deadly police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, and the Trayvon Martin killing...
Sharpton a key adviser to Obama on Ferguson
The Rev. Al Sharpton is the White House’s man on the ground in Ferguson. The 59-year-old Sharpton has become a key adviser to President Obama on race issues, according to...
Television justice and other outrages
I don’t know why we’re spending our hard-earned money paying taxes to support a criminal-justice system, when issues of guilt and innocence are being determined on TV — and even...