Aug 15 Police officer Wilson didn’t know Michael Brown was connected to robbery, Ferguson police chief says By News Desk The press conference follows a night of reduced tensions between protesters and police officers, that many attributed to a handover of security leadership over to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Continue reading
Aug 14 Inspired by Ferguson, groups across country hold vigils for victims of police brutality By Corinne Segal Communities across the country gathered in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old who was shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 10. A crowd gathered at Meridian Hill Park in the Columbia Heights… Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch Why doesn’t Ferguson’s police force reflect the community? By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff talks to Yamiche Alcindor of USA Today in for a closer look at the drama unfolding over the police killing of Michael Brown, as well as local reaction to the governor’s order for State Highway Patrol to take… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Is Ferguson a bellwether for racial and economic tensions nationwide? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Why military equipment is in the hands of local police By PBS News Hour Violent clashes between local police and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, has highlighted the distribution of military equipment to police departments around the country from the U.S. Defense Department. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Matt Apuzzo of The New York Times about… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch After night barrage of gas and grenades, images of Ferguson confrontations resonate around U.S. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch News Wrap: Iraq PM Maliki steps down as support crumbles By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that he will now support Haider al-Abadi’s nomination to succeed him. Meanwhile, President Obama confirmed that the crisis facing Yazidi refugees in northern Iraq has greatly eased, lessening the… Continue watching
Aug 14 How Twitter is getting it right in Ferguson By Colleen Shalby, Hari Sreenivasan When Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly were unjustly arrested Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri -- an incident that even President Barack Obama commented on during a press conference Thursday -- the news broke first on… Continue reading
Aug 14 Governor announces Missouri Highway Patrol to provide security in Ferguson By News Desk and Associated Press Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak to press and community members at 4 p.m. Continue reading
Aug 14 Ferguson police chief, Sen. McCaskill speak at news conference By News Desk Ferguson, Missouri police chief Thomas Jackson spoke to the press Thursday, calling the situation in the St. Louis suburb a "powder keg," but said that law enforcement was aiming to "facilitate" the protests. Continue reading