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Attorney General Eric Holder is appealing for calm as a Missouri grand jury decides whether to charge a white Ferguson police officer for killing an unarmed black teenager.   Tensions are running high in Ferguson and around the nation as the pubic awaits the grand jury’s announcement, which could come at any time. CNN is reporting though a […]

Thousands gather in Ferguson , Mo. for the memorial service of 17-year-old Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was gunned down and killed by police officer. Rev. Al Sharpton will speak for the eulogy and the family of Sean Bell,  a New York man who was killed by police on his wedding day, will also […]

  During his coverage of the uprising in Ferguson, CNN’s Don Lemon interviewed activist/rapper Talib Kweli who was in town protesting the Michael Brown shooting. Talib is known for being outspoken and the interview starts off fine, but when Talib criticizes CNN’s coverage and accuses the media of inaccurately portraying what’s happening in Ferguson — Don tries […]

Grammy winner Lauryn Hill is dedicating an updated version of her song “Black Rage” to the protests over the police shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. A reworked version of “My Favorite Things” from the musical “The Sound Of Music,” Hill sings of “all these kinds of things” inspiring the kind of outrage […]

Missouri Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, the person placed in charge of security in Ferguson Missouri, was photographed making hand signs that some conservatives and a CNN iReport incorrectly concluded were gang signs. The thing is, they were actually hand signs for the black fraternity Johnson has been part of. Capt. Johnson is a member […]