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Latest on Ferguson: Activists call shooting ‘senseless’

2:15 P.M. Activists helping organize ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri, say the early-morning shooting of two police officers during a rally were senseless. The St.…

2 Ferguson police officers shot in front of headquarters

An unidentified person gunned down two Ferguson police officers in front of their police headquarters early Thursday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered after the resignation of...

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 criminal…

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,...

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 left…

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 titled,…

CBC 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 shootings…

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 of…

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 calling…

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 trash.”…

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