New Orleans artist Ti-Rock Moore has come under fire for her Chicago art exhibit that depicts a mannequin as Mike Brown’s lifeless body. According to the Huffington Post, Moore, who is white, created the racially charged piece for “Confronting Truths WAKE UP!” at the Gallery Guichard. With Earth Kitt’s “Angelitos Negros” playing in the background, the piece places a […]

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Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush believes the Ferguson and Baltimore protests were caused by a lack of “mentoring” and parenting. According to ThinkProgress.com, during a Q&A with employees of a pharmaceutical company, Bush made the following comments: “Kids in this country are aimlessly wandering around in their lives because they’ve never been told they were capable of learning. […]

Nearly a year after Ferguson, Mo. teenager Michael Brown Jr. was fatally shot by former police officer Darren Wilson, the Justice Department is confirming that police response to the traumatized community antagonized crowds, incited fear, and violated free speech. While Brown’s death sparked protests nationwide, demonstrations in Ferguson were often the ones that ended with police releasing […]

In what critics are calling a gross misrepresentation of facts, Ferguson, Missouri’s police chief is under fire for claiming in a recent interview that it took hours to remove 18-year-old Michael Brown‘s body from the street after he was shot “because of hostile fire against our officers,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Interim Police […]

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Michael brown memorial comes down on his 19th birthday https://t.co/VR7WYDM6PL — Jessica Lussenhop (@Lussenpop) May 20, 2015 On a rain-soaked day when his son would have turned 19, Michael Brown Sr. made the painful decision to remove a makeshift memorial of teddy bears, candles, balloons, and flowers that were laid down on the street corner […]

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During a concert Saturday night at New York’s Terminal 5, JAY Z reminded fans, haters and nay-sayers that he’s not “a businessman, [he’s] a business, man.” The Hip Hop mogul, in efforts to push TIDAL, his recently acquired music streaming service, performed B-Sides from his albums in front of a screaming crowd. He brought out […]

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When U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. leaves office next week, he leaves behind some big shoes to fill. But if anyone is qualified to fill those shoes, it is his successor Loretta Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District in New York for the last five years after her appointment by President […]

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The racial make up of Ferguson’s city council changed significantly on Tuesday, with two African Americans, Ella Jones and Wesley Bell, elected to office, confirms CNN. There are now three Black members on the #Ferguson City Council: Dwayne James, Ella Jones, and Wesley Bell. #FergusonElections — Charles Wade (@akacharleswade) April 8, 2015 Ferguson has about 21,000 […]

After a public records request from The Washington Post, the city of Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the actual, unredacted racist emails sent by the city’s former court clerk and two former Ferguson police officers. Predictably, they are as awful as expected. SEE ALSO: Ferguson Police Chief Resigns After Scathing DOJ Report The Washington […]

Following the deaths of Black men, women, and children at the hands of police this past year, many athletes and celebrities used their platforms to stand in solidarity with demonstrators calling for an overhaul of the law enforcement system. Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant — while not one of the handful of athletes who chose […]

In settlement of a lawsuit brought by Ferguson, Mo. protesters, three police agencies will restrict use of tear gas and other chemical weapons on crowds, according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch. SEE ALSO: Man Killed In Maserati By Georgia Police Identified As Nicholas Taft Thomas As part of the settlement announced today, officers have to […]

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Former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson emerged (or crawled from under a rock) this weekend at a Trivia-night fundraiser for Hunt For Justice, a local pro-police group that tellingly raises money through “gun raffles.” There are some reports that the event was a fundraiser for Wilson himself. SEE ALSO: Looted Ferguson Store Transformed Into Job Training Center  Wilson is […]