Ferguson giving thanks for a quiet night
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Protesters in Ferguson pressed pause Thursday as the city welcomed Thanksgiving, decorating boarded-up storefronts with some Dr. Seuss inspiration and gathering for church...
View Article15 arrested as demonstrations return to Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Disrupting commerce, transit and traffic became focal points for demonstrators across the country days after the announcement that a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri declined to...
View ArticleFerguson officer who shot Michael Brown resigns
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, his attorney said Saturday, nearly four months after the fatal confrontation...
View ArticleFerguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb's mayor said Sunday. Continue reading…
View ArticleObama to hold White House meetings on Ferguson
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others Monday. Continue reading…
View ArticleObama wants more police wearing body cameras
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their...
View ArticleNew Brunswick cancels planned tree lighting, citing protests
New Brunswick -- City officials cancelled tonight's planned tree-lighting ceremony in Monument Square, citing concerns it could be disrupted by a group protesting recent no-indictment decisions by...
View ArticleProtesters of chokehold death rally around nation
Demonstrators around the country staged die-ins, blocked roadways and marched into stores to protest a New York grand jury's decision to not indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of an...
View ArticleUS clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday cleared a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report...
View ArticleFederal report faults police actions during Ferguson unrest
Police antagonized crowds who gathered to protest in Ferguson after Michael Brown's death last summer, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable, according to a...
View ArticleFerguson pledges outreach efforts after shooting
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Ferguson city leaders urged people to stay home after dark Tuesday to "allow peace to settle in" and pledged to try to improve the police force in the St. Louis...
View ArticlePicture emerges of police officer in Ferguson shooting
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A police officer whose shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old ignited racial upheaval in a St. Louis suburb has been characterized as either an aggressor whose deadly gunfire...
View ArticleStevie Wonder challenges Ferguson mayor, plugs upcoming tour
Stevie Wonder said the mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, isn't seeing the full picture a month after an unarmed black 18-year-old was killed by a white police officer. Continue reading…
View ArticleFire destroys Michael Brown street memorial in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Anger spilled over Tuesday after fire destroyed one of two memorials on the street where Michael Brown was killed, a site that has become sacred to many in Ferguson and others...
View ArticleFerguson police chief tapes apology to Michael Brown’s family
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Missouri police chief whose officer fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old last month released a video Thursday apologizing to the family and the community, acknowledging that...
View ArticleUS cities brace for protests off Ferguson decision
BOSTON (AP) -- From Boston to Los Angeles, police departments are bracing for large demonstrations when a grand jury decides whether to indict a white police officer who killed an unarmed black...
View ArticleOfficial: Ferguson grand jury still meeting Friday
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Activists, authorities and the family of Michael Brown called for calm Friday as a grand jury drew closer to an announcement in the Ferguson police shooting. But a spokesman for...
View ArticleAttorney: Ferguson grand jury has reached decision
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A grand jury has reached a decision about whether to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown, a spokesman for St. Louis County's top prosecutor...
View ArticleKey figures in the Ferguson, Missouri shooting case
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A look at some of the key figures in the case of Michael Brown, the black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in August - a death that stirred weeks of...
View ArticleTimeline of events after death of Michael Brown
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A timeline of key events following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Continue reading…
View ArticleObama urges ‘calm’ in Ferguson as crowds of protesters erupt
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Police cars have been vandalized and several gunshots have been heard on the streets of Ferguson after the announcement that a white police officer will not be indicted in the...
View ArticleThousands rally across US after Ferguson decision
Thousands of people rallied late Monday in U.S. cities including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer who killed...
View ArticleFires burn in Ferguson, gunshots heard in streets
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Flames engulfed at least a dozen businesses in Ferguson early Tuesday and gunfire kept firefighters at bay after protests over the decision not to indict a police officer in...
View ArticleChaos in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered additional members of the National Guard to Ferguson, where violent protests broke out following the grand jury's decision not to indict...
View ArticleGuard reinforcements contain damage in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- National Guard reinforcements helped contain the latest protests in Ferguson, preventing a second night of the chaos that led to arson and looting after a grand jury decided not...
View ArticleFerguson fallout: Scores arrested in LA and Oakland disruptions
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dozens of protesters in Los Angeles and Oakland were arrested late Wednesday during a third night of demonstrations linked to the shooting protest in Ferguson, Missouri. Continue...
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