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Ferguson activist found shot dead in burning car
Missouri detectives have not determined a motive or identified any witnesses in an investigation into the death of a man who led protests in the city of Ferguson following the...
The lies told by the Black Lives Matter movement
First published by the Washington Examiner Sept. 3. The Black Lives Matter movement has been feted repeatedly at the White House and honored at the Democratic National Convention. Hillary Clinton...
Gunfire breaks out after car hits protester at Michael Brown event
FERGUSON, Mo. — Gunfire broke out during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering Tuesday night but...
The 'Ferguson effect' is destroying Chicago
Violence in Chicago is reaching epidemic proportions. In the first five months of 2016, someone was shot every 2¹/₂ hours and someone murdered every 14 hours, for a total of...
Missouri wants to make it really hard to view police camera footage
Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to restrict the public's access to police camera footage, nearly two years after the slaying of a black teen in a St. Louis...
Justice Department files civil-rights lawsuit against Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — The federal government sued the city of Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the city council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police...
'Ferguson effect' on cops is real, says DEA chief
WASHINGTON -- DEA head Chuck Rosenberg added his support to the theory that increased scrutiny of police behavior since violent citizen-police confrontations in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, has made...
Man sent to jail for trying to burn down store during Ferguson riots
A federal judge sentenced a St. Louis County man to five years in prison for trying to burn down a store in Ferguson, Missouri, during riots after a grand jury...
Quentin Tarantino's anti-cop protest built on a series of lies
Filthy-rich, weak-brained filmmaker Quentin Tarantino wasn’t the first and certainly won’t be the last moronic celebrity to roam through New York City, drumming up fury against police officers who risk...
FBI used aircraft to track unrest in Ferguson, director says
WASHINGTON — FBI Director James Comey said Thursday that the agency used its aircraft above Ferguson, Missouri, last year at the request of local law enforcement to help keep track...
Police face recruiting shortage due to war on cops
Police departments face a recruiting shortage amid a growing anti-cop mood that some fear has taken the pride out of peacekeeping and put targets on the backs of the men...
Video shows surprising truth in Ferguson --- and beyond
For days, the first-anniversary protests in Ferguson, Mo., were enflamed by charges that police there had shot an unarmed protester. Then video surfaced showing Tyrone Harris brandishing a gun during...
Police video shows Ferguson teen shot by cops had gun
Michael Brown’s teenage pal, who was shot by cops during protests in Ferguson, Mo., Sunday night, is clearly seen on video brandishing a gun just moments before he was wounded,...
Heavily armed 'Oath Keepers' stir new unease in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — Four civilians carrying military-style rifles and sidearms patrolled a riot-torn street in Ferguson, Missouri, early Tuesday, saying they were there to protect a media organization but drawing swift...
State of emergency declared amid violence in Ferguson
Last year’s chaos came rushing back to Ferguson, Mo., Monday as authorities declared a state of emergency in response to a night of bloodshed and gunfire that marked the one-year...
Teen shot by cops in Ferguson was a friend of Michael Brown
The teen critically shot by cops during a weekend protest marking the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death was a friend of Brown's, the wounded man’s dad said.
Man critical after 'trading shots' with cops at Ferguson protest
FERGUSON, Mo. — A man who opened fire on officers in Ferguson, Missouri, is in "critical, unstable" condition after being struck when the officers returned fire, the St. Louis County...
Shots fired in Ferguson at march to remember Michael Brown
Shots were fired on Sunday during a march in Ferguson, Missouri, to mark the anniversary of the fatal shooting by a white police officer of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown,...
Ferguson hires black interim chief
FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson leaders introduced a new interim police chief Wednesday, tasking the black police commander from Arizona with building trust between residents of the predominantly black St. Louis...
'Where you been, Hillary?' Clinton bashed during Ferguson visit
Hillary Rodham Clinton went to the Ferguson, Missouri, area Tuesday night to deliver a speech on race relations — but a friend of slain teen Michael Brown blasted her arrival...