In the second incident of its kind, demonstrators ostensibly angry about the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict former police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown have targeted black police officers for abuse. It
Last week on Philadelphia radio 97.5’s “The Fanatic,” NBA star Charles Barkley said the Missouri grand jury was right when they decided not to charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown. Barkley told host Mike Missanelli that
The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police tells Breitbart Sports that the “hands up” pose by St. Louis Rams players in solidarity with a “criminal” who assaulted a policeman has angered his membership and the NFL’s refusal to
Monday at the White House press briefing when asked if President Barack Obama will address the race issue causing protests and riots all over the country triggered by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson fatal shooting of Michael Brown, White House
Protests continue around the country but some elements in the media are starting to back away from the Brown case as a racial outrage. Case in point, the lead story at the New Republic this morning is headlined “The Ferguson
The NFL won’t discipline the Rams players making “hands up, don’t shoot” poses at Sunday’s game at the Edward Jones Dome in downtown St. Louis, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen and others report. When asked about possible disciplinary measures, the NFL responded
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The mood of protesters turned somber on Sunday night at a candlelight vigil near Lake Merritt where about 200 people calling for more accountability from law enforcement gathered in quiet prayer. The group gathered in response to a grand jury
On Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough railed against the news media for its coverage of the Ferguson, MO controversy. The tipping point for Scarborough was the St. Louis Rams “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture before Sunday’s game.
Even those battle-hardened UC Berkeley students who gallantly put their bodies at risk, occupying Wheeler Commons day and night for a whole week to protest tuition hikes, decided Thanksgiving weekend was too tempting to pass up: they abandoned their protest
On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Atlanta to kick off a series of events with community activists and police officers nationwide to discuss their relationship after the Ferguson shooting. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Holder has been
President Obama met with over two dozen people regarding the Ferguson unrest on Monday, including law enforcement officials, civil rights leaders, and young people involved in activism protesting the decision by the grand jury in the Michael Brown case. “When
Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson revved up hundreds of protesters Saturday night at the Portland Justice Center, recounting his time in Ferguson, Missouri and invoking the crowd to repeat Jackson’s words, chanting them back to him. Jackson’s speech was the
Ferguson activists meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House today posted a list of demands they proposed to the president, which include: The federal government using its power to prosecute police officers that kill or abuse people Removing
On Monday evening, Attorney General Eric Holder told activists and law enforcement officials in Atlanta that Ferguson presents an opportunity to deal with issues like racial injustice and the perception that police treat minorities unfairly before announcing that new federal
Ever ready to fan the flames of racism, MSNBC was at it again on Monday with a guest who blamed the rioting in Ferguson, Missouri on “systemic” American “white supremacy.” During the Monday broadcast of “The Reid Report,” The Nation
National Action Network’s Reverend Al Sharpton tweeted that he would be attending the White House meetings on Ferguson and law enforcement that President Barack Obama is hosting. In NAN DC Bureau this morning, before heading to meetings on Ferguson and police
**UPDATE: Like the New York Times, Bloomberg Politics published all of Darren Wilson’s address information (specific street, city, state) except for his exact house number. The rage and frustration boiling behind the decision to publish the address information of
On Monday evening, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appeared at the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice was launching a plan to “target racial profiling” across the nation. But Holder
On Sunday, Vulture.com released an interview between leftist media sycophant Frank Rich and comedian Chris Rock. The interview covered Ferguson, media, President Obama, and Bill Cosby, among other topics. According to Rock, Republicans won in 2014 because they “have no
The St. Louis Police Officer’s Association wants the NFL to discipline the St. Louis Rams players involved in “hands up, don’t shoot” displays at Sunday’s game. The group calls the displays “tasteless, offensive, and inflammatory.” “Five members of the Rams
A 32 year-old unarmed Bosnian man was beaten to death with hammers by at least three black teenagers in South St. Louis early Sunday morning. Two teens, 15 and 16, were arrested. The victim was identified as Zemir Begic, 32, of
In a fiery sermon last week, Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan addressed the Ferguson verdict and reaction. In his remarks, he suggested retaliation as means for a just end. “We gonna die anyway,” Farrakhan said. “Let’s die for something.
Five St. Louis Rams players offered a hands-up homage to slain teenager Michael Brown before the team’s game against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday afternoon. Rams pass catchers Jared Cook, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Chris Givens, and Tavon Austin lifted
Sunday CBS Sports posted video St Loius Rams players Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook, Chris Givens, Kenny Britt and Tavon Austin doing the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” gesture in support of protesters unhappy about the grand jury not charging Ferguson Police Officer Darren
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Michael Brown’s family Attorney Benjamin Crump said Ferguson Police Officer Wilson was as “cold as ice” and had no deeper consideration when using lethal force because he saw Michael Brown as a demon and
