McCaskill, a former prosecutor in Missouri, said she's hopeful the physical evidence in the case - including blood spatter patterns, clothing and shell casings - will provide "incontrovertible facts" about what happened during the shooting. She said whatever local prosecutors decide, it will be...
It has been six months since Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, but the deep racial and social divides exposed by his killing continue to ripple throughout the region. Businesses that were damaged during the riots that gripped the city after a ...
LeBron James said the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer responsible for the shooting death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, "hit home for me" and also spoke out about the violent aftermath that occurred in the wake of the announcement
ThinkProgress misquotes Supreme Court to argue it was improper for Ferguson Grand Jury to hear evidence that the shooting of Michael Brown was self-defense.
FERGUSON, Missouri— In the aftermath of yet another violent night in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday said he was lifting a previously implemented midnight curfew for residents. President Obama also weighed in on the situation from the White House, announcing Attorney General Eric Holde...
What people thought were facts about the Aug. 9 shooting have become intertwined with whatmany see as abuses of power and racial inequalityin America. And media coverage of the shooting's aftermath made it into the grand jury proceedings. Before some witnesses testified, prosecutors showed jurors...
sends in peacekeepers to Ferguson. I picture Canadian soldiers wearing those baby-blue UN helmets. They could protect the citizens from the local cops, until Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri get their act together – which, frankly, means that the UN troops would be in Missouri for a long time...
On the eve of a grand jury being convened to go through the facts and decide whether there should be a prosecution of the policeman in this case,Gov. Jay Nixonof Missouri has gone on television to say that there should be a “vigorous prosecution.†...
miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests overthe shooting of an unarmed black teen by a white police ...
NEW ORLEANS --Saints tight end Benjamin Watson'spost on Facebookabout the Ferguson decision and protests in Missouri has gone viral. The 33-year-old player wrote the post after the Monday Night Football game against the Baltimore Ravens. It's since been shared by more than 370,0...