Nov 26 Watch Demonstrators march in Minneapolis in protest of Ferguson grand jury decision By Sam Lane Continue watching
Nov 25 Marches across the country show support for Ferguson By Corinne Segal Cities across the country are planning organized responses to yesterday’s decision by a grand jury not to indict Darren Wilson for fatally shooting unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch Ferguson reeling from the effects of grand jury decision By PBS News Hour The decision that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not be charged by a grand jury for the shooting of unarmed black teen Michael Brown sparked riots and protests in Ferguson and major cities last night. Gwen Ifill reports on… Continue watching
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 Watch What’s next for the city of Ferguson? By PBS News Hour Just a day after the grand jury announced not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, the city of Ferguson remains tense. Gwen Ifill speaks with Christina Swarns, Litigation Director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Susan McGraw… Continue watching
Nov 25 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks on violence, promises ‘significant’ National Guard increase By News Desk Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon spoke at a news conference Tuesday, condemning "criminals intent on lawlessness and destruction" that "terrorized" Missouri communities Monday night in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for… Continue reading
Nov 25 Ferguson’s mayor speaks on state of city after grand jury decision By News Desk Ferguson, Missouri Mayor James Knowles spoke Tuesday on the state of the city following Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. Knowles, alongside community leaders, clergy representatives and… Continue reading
Nov 25 If Michael Brown had lived, this group might have helped him By Larisa Epatko When Gail Babcock, program director of the Ferguson Youth Initiative, heard about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in August, her first thought was this: had he only gotten a citation for walking on the… Continue reading
Nov 25 Michael Brown’s family holds news conference on grand jury decision By News Desk Michael Brown’s family held a news conference Tuesday to respond to Monday’s grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Brown. The family’s attorney, Benjamin Crump, spoke alongside Rev. Al Sharpton to… Continue reading
Nov 25 VIDEO: Fires, smoke and gunshots disrupt Ferguson protests By Stephen Fee Hours after the grand jury’s decision in the Micahel Brown case was made public, fires erupted in Ferguson Missouri. Several buildings and a police car were fully engulfed in flames by 11 p.m. local time. The St. Louis Post Dispatch… Continue reading