The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri last August, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, former police chief Thomas Jackson and former officer Darren Wilson.
City residents in Ferguson, Missouri will head to the polls on Tuesday for the first election since 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed in a police shooting that sparked a string of local protests and national outrage.
President Barack Obama admits he suspects many of the racist practices a Department of Justice investigation found the Ferguson, Mo. police department to be guilty of are not just isolated incidents.
Sources say that federal civil-rights charges will not be filed against former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager who died in Ferguson, Missouri last August.
Darren Wilson continues hiding after trials are over. According to reports by the Daily Caller, Brandon Orlando Baldwin and Olajuwon Ali Davis--two men affiliated with the New Black Panther Party--allegedly premeditated the murders of Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and St.
In August, “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart criticized Fox News personalities for complaining about how events surrounding the Michael Brown case were being labeled as a racial matter. “Race is there and it is a constant. You’re tired of hearing about it. Imagine how f—ing exhausting it is living it,” said Stewart.
Darren Wilson, the police officer responsible for fatally shooting teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri over the summer, is reportedly negotiating the terms of his resignation in wake of the upcoming grand jury decision that will decide whether or not to indict him.
Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., the parents of teen Michael Brown Jr., testified before the United Nations Committee Against Torture on Nov. 11 to shine light on the climate of Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of their son's death.
A new video capturing the moments after Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri has surfaced, adding further evidence that Brown was trying to surrender in the last moments of his life.
U.S. Department of Justice to launch a civil rights investigation The day after the U. S. Department of Justice said it's planning a civil rights investigation of the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, the police chief said, "We've done an excellent job, [but] we can be better and we're willing to be.
It seems Internet vigilantism didn't die after Reddit's Boston bombing-obsessed users pointed its fingers at an innocent student who was later discovered dead. This time it's the hacktivist group Anonymous publically pointing the finger at a person who may or may not have been the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri.
Michael Brown, an unarmed teen shot down by police in Ferguson, Missouri on Saturday, Aug. 9, appears to be explicit proof of the relentless and continual assault on men of color by police officers.
