CNN Correspondent Stephanie Elam reported that police officers were nowhere to be seen as looting and fires ravaged Ferguson during riots in the city on Monday. Elam said that where she was, “we saw a good number of police officers
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Rosie O’Donnell accused officials of timing the grand jury announcement in Ferguson, MO to incite riots on Tuesday’s broadcast of ABC’s “The View.” O’Donnell started the discussion by describing the grand jury’s decision “horrifying” and “overwhelming,” while Nicole Wallace praised
We now know that just before Monday night’s riots, Michael Brown’s stepfather screamed “Burn this bitch down!” to a mob as Brown’s mother stood silently by. The end result was utter chaos. More than a dozen businesses were looted and
CNN National Correspondent Jason Carroll was forced off a live shot from Ferguson by protesters who screamed at him and accused him of forwarding the police’s narrative on Tuesday. Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
Tuesday on MSNBC “The Ed Show,” Missouri State Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadali (D) doubled down on claims the riots and unrest as a reaction to the grand jury announcement that Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson will not face charges for fatally
Tuesday on CNN, host Don Lemon took Rev. Jesse Jackson to task for claiming the riots last night in Ferguson were caused by “unending consistent pain and neglect” of urban plight and joblessness. At one point Lemon interrupted Jackson saying,
CNN correspondent Sara Sidner was hit in the head with a rock while reporting live from Ferguson, MO on Tuesday. Sidner said that she was OK and had been “hit with much worse in my day.” She continued to report,
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) said Tuesday he was “not surprised, but still disappointed” by the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, a black 18 year-old man, in Ferguson, Missouri.
A Ferguson-area resident named Kelly predicted that business destroyed by looting in the area were “not going to rebuild” and Ferguson was “going to be like a ghost town pretty soon” in an interview on CNN Tuesday. “This is crazy.
On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to rhetoric earlier in the day from outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, who remarked on last night’s decision not to charge Ferguson Police Officer Darren
Tuesday at Copernicus Community Center in Chicago, IL, President Barack Obama addressed the riots and protests going on throughout the country in reaction to the grand jury announcement that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not face charges for the
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, is demanding that the state’s Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon offer a public explanation as to why he told the National Guard which he had previously mobilized to stand down in Ferguson, Missouri, on
While the first day of protests against a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown was characterized by violent riots in Ferguson itself, this second night has seen the protests
Tuesday afternoon on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Tapper asked St. Louis Alderman Antonio French whether or not Michael Brown’s stepfather played a role in the violence that engulfed the streets of Ferguson in the wake of the grand
Tuesday on CNN, network correspondents Don Lemon and Van Jones got into a heated exchange about the riots Monday night in Ferguson after the grand jury announcement that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson will not face charges for fatally shooting
As Ferguson rioters and hoodlums were burning down buildings in their communities, shooting at police officers, looting stores, and pelting CNN reporters with rocks and bottles on Monday evening, the NAACP invoked Trayvon Martin in vowing to fight the “appalling”
Tuesday afternoon on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Tapper asked former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani whether he had ever prosecuted a case like the one in Ferguson during his time as a federal prosecutor. “It’s unusual, the
The grand jury in the case of Darren Wilson killing Mike Brown handed down its decision not to indict on Monday night. Athletes on social media handed down their ruling on the ruling shortly thereafter. As a society how do
Oakland protesters expressed their anger at the grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson, Missouri police Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by marching onto westbound Interstate 580, bringing traffic to a halt. The incident occurred
LOS ANGELES, California — Over 50 protestors occupied and marched down a section of the off-ramp on the 10 Freeway at La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles to voice their anger, disdain and unrest with a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury’s
CNN reporter Sara Sidner was struck in the head by a rock thrown by one of the hooligans protesting the outcome of the Ferguson grand jury. Sidner appeared uninjured after being struck by the rock. Several rocks could be seen
In a statement released Monday night, the American Civil Liberties Union affirmed their belief that police are not entitled to fair and just treatment under the law. Despite the fact that a grand jury spent months evaluating vast amounts of
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson released a letter thanking his supporters after news broke that a grand jury had decided not to indict him for the shooting of Michael Brown. The statement was read live on KSDK, the St. Louis
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has halted civilian flights in Ferguson following law enforcement reports of protesters firing guns into the air. The flight restriction comes after law enforcement officials reported heavy automatic gunfire in the area of West Florissant
