Michael Brown Shooting

With all of the officer-involved shootings going on around the country, it’s so refreshing to see one of the good guys display how police should really make a neighborhood feel. This definitely holds true for NYPD officer James Ferrazo who serves in the city’s 79th precinct. He stopped by a block party in the Bed-Stuy […]

  After a grand jury decided not to indict former Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson in the death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, many hoped…

Rapper Jay-Z is urging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reshape New York state’s current justice system in the wake of nationwide protests of unarmed…

  Attorney Ben Crump, the lawyer for the Brown family who also represented Trayvon Martin’s parents, talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the grand…

We’ll keep updating these scenes from and nearby Ferguson, Missouri as members of the community, protesters and the media react to the events unfolding before,…

  As a grand jury weighs his fate, Ferguson, Mo., Police Officer Darren Wilson (pictured front), who fatally shot unarmed Michael Brown, is in the final…

The mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo officer Darren Wilson, could find herself in court. Lesley McSpadden  has been accused of leading others to attack and steal money from a group selling “Justice for Mike Brown” merchandise. According to the NY Daily News, if McSpadden is charged, she could […]

Two weeks ago, a mural was painted in Trenton, New Jersey depicting Michael Brown in an American-themed graduation cap and gown with the description: “Sagging pants is not probable cause.” Monday afternoon, the mural was painted over, according to a report from The Times of Trenton’s Jenna Pizzi. Pizzi writes that the Trenton Downtown Association (TDA) decided to remove the […]

Black residents in Ferguson, Missouri are hoping for justice in the Michael Brown case but they are also bracing for the worst possible scenario: That…

The New York Times reports that the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot unarmed teen, Michael Brown has given his story to investigators. According to government officials briefed on the federal civil rights investigation, Officer Darren Wilson says that he was pinned in his vehicle and in fear for his life as he struggled over his gun with Brown. Darren Wilson, has […]

I believed that Ferguson was all but forgotten. After all, Darren Wilson, the police offer who executed Michael Brown has still not been arrested. I…

I’m pleased that President Barack Obama reassured African-Americans Saturday that he remains focused on the dangers facing young black men and police across this country,…