Mar 13 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: White House intruder pleads guilty By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Omar Gonzalez, the man who breached White House security and entered the executive mansion in September, pleaded guilty in court. Also, President Obama visited a VA hospital in Arizona where long delays and falsified wait… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch Attacks on police threaten progress in Ferguson, says Holder By PBS News Hour Two police officers were shot and wounded outside the Ferguson Police Department overnight as peaceful protests were winding down. The St. Louis County police chief called the attack an ambush and Attorney General Eric Holder said it was an attempt… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 8:28 Will events in Ferguson help define the future of American policing? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 12 Federal pilot project seeks to stem racial bias in law enforcement By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Six cities have been chosen for a federal pilot program aimed at reducing racial bias and improving relationships between law enforcement and communities. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 3:52 News Wrap: Military investigates Florida helicopter crash By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, seven marines and four national guard crewmen were presumed dead after a military helicopter crashed during a night training mission in Florida. Also, the police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, resigned in the wake of mounting… Continue watching
Mar 11 ‘Sad to read and sadder to live’: Members of Ferguson Commission react to DOJ report By Nora Daly We continue the conversation on the Justice Department's report on the Ferguson, Missouri, police department. Join us for a Twitter chat Wednesday with a member of the Ferguson Commission from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT. Follow along using #NewsHourChats. Continue reading
Mar 07 Obama: Ferguson police discrimination ‘oppressive and abusive’ By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Racial discrimination from police in Ferguson, Missouri, was "oppressive and abusive," President Barack Obama said Friday as he called for criminal justice reform as part of the modern struggle for civil rights. Continue reading
Mar 06 Gwen’s Take: Hillary, Congress & Ferguson: The perils of seeing more clearly By Gwen Ifill Let’s have a chat about transparency, and how much we really want to know about the way things work. This week provided several good examples of the discussion along the campaign trail, and in all three branches of government. Continue reading
Mar 06 Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before. Continue reading
Mar 06 Obama: Racial bias in Ferguson police department not isolated By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said the type of racial discrimination found in Ferguson, Missouri, is not unique to that police department, and he cast law enforcement reform as a chief struggle for today's civil rights movement. Continue reading