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Obama: Racial discrimination from Ferguson police "oppressive and abusive"

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Racial discrimination from police in Ferguson, Missouri, was "oppressive and abusive," President Barack Obama said Friday as he called for...

Ferguson: Justice Department finds shocking and historic abuse of Black citizens

The U.S. Department of Justice investigative review found the Ferguson Police Department engaged in rampant, racially biased enforcement that permeated the city’s justice system, including…

Ferguson attracts large pool of applicants to police jobs

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The city of Ferguson is attracting a large pool of applicants to police jobs, including minority candidates seeking the position...

Hip-hop Icon Paradise Gray challenges industry to help send 5,000 students to see 'Selma' for free

2015 is the 25th Anniversary of the Classic Hip-hop album that I produced with X Clan – “To The East Blackwards“. It is also the...

Police killings underscore need for reform

WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them for minor crimes, according a report...

Black Caucus members invoke MLK at Ferguson church service

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police...

Missouri leaders pressured Ferguson for chief's resignation

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some of Missouri's top leaders tried unsuccessfully to pressure Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson to resign after the fatal shooting...

Reaction to ‘Michael Brown’ FB post forces dispatcher to quit

Kelli Murray, the Baltimore County dispatcher whose Facebook post on the death of Michael Brown led to online harassment and the local police union...

Ferguson police spokesman suspended after remark

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Ferguson Police Department has suspended a spokesman after he referred to the Michael Brown memorial as "a pile of...

Revolutionary love: Ferguson protest leaders get engaged at City Hall

Ferguson protest leader Brittany Ferrell remembers the first time she saw Alexis Templeton step out of the car at the Ferguson Police Department in...

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