Mar 03 7 clear ways Ferguson police violated the Constitution, according to DOJ By News Desk and Eric Tucker, Associated Press A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 7:13 News Wrap: European Central Bank launches stimulus program By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the European Central Bank announced a plan to buy up $1.2 billion of bonds to stabilize Europe’s economy, a program similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing. Also, at least 13 people died in… Continue watching
Dec 11 Watch 9:10 How police can cool down confrontations before they turn deadly By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 10:17 Why do you march? Young protesters explain what drives them – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 2:51 Protesters persist in national demonstrations over race and injustice – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 29 UPDATE: Ferguson police officer who killed Michael Brown resigns By Elisabeth Ponsot, Andrew Mach Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo. police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August, sparking months of protests, has resigned in the wake of the shooting. Continue reading
Nov 29 Activists begin seven-day march from Ferguson to state capital By Rialda Zukic Activists gathered in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday to take part in a seven-day march to the state's capital to protest the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Continue reading
Nov 25 What do the newly released witness statements tell us about the Michael Brown shooting? By Laura Santhanam, Vanessa Dennis, Travis Daub We read more than 500 hundred pages of this witness testimony and compared each statement to the statement given by officer Wilson. Below is a chart comparing several key details of the officer’s report to the statements of the 24… Continue reading
Nov 25 Photos: Protesters respond to Ferguson grand jury decision By Vanessa Dennis Protesters assembled in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the U.S. Monday night following the announcement that a grand jury would not indict the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Demonstrations were planned around the country in anticipation of the decision. Many… Continue reading