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St. Louis, MO alderman Antonio French, was arrested tonight while reporting on the uprising happening in Ferguson in response to the public execution of 18-year-old Michael Brown by the Ferguson Police Department last Saturday. RELATED: Mike Brown: SWAT Team Crashes Peaceful Demonstration In Ferguson, HuffPost, WaPo Reporters Arrested [LIVE STREAM] His wife confirmed the reports via Twitter. […]

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In the aftermath of the Mike Brown shooting Twitter users posted photos of themselves to show the disparity of their lives and accomplishments verses public perception. This lead to the question, if they gunned me down what picture would they use to identify me? Guest host Jeff Johnson and the “NewsOne Now” panel discussed the […]

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The family of Mike Brown has called for peace in Ferguson, but will the outraged community be able to hold on long enough without being provoked to violence during their quest to obtain answers from law enforcement officials? “NewsOne Now” guest host Jeff Johnson talked with Dr. Cedric Alexander, Lenny McAllister, Michelle Hudgins and Ray Baker about the […]

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Podcast: Download Jin Hee Lee, Senior Counsel of the NAACP LDF joined Jeff Johnson Wednesday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the numbers of unarmed minorities being killed by police officers and how to obtain justice for the victims. Pastor Jamal Bryant delivered an update on the situation in Ferguson. Bryant detailed a town hall meeting that […]

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Podcast: Download What can be done in Ferguson and around the country to turn this moment of solidarity against police brutality into a movement against the violence in America? Roland Martin, Attorney Jermaine Wooten, Aakbar Muhammad, Fruit of Islam Community Leader and Friday’s discussion panel offer solutions to this question on “NewsOne Now.” Subscribe to the “NewsOne Now” Video […]

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“We are human beings. We deserve to be buried by our children not the other way around. No matter how u felt about black people look at this mother and look at this father and tell me as a human being how u cannot feel empathy for them. How can u not feel sympathy for […]

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KMOV’s Brittany Noble has been covering the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown and the subsequent protests in Ferguson, Mo., since his tragic death. Noble brought us the first interview with Brown’s mother and continues to cover the events in Ferguson as they unfold. On Tuesday, NewsOne‘s Senior Editor, Abena Agyeman-Fisher, spoke with Noble via Skype about […]

Ezell Ford, 24, died Tuesday after being shot by Los Angeles police during an encounter Monday night in South LA. Tritobia Ford said that her son was lying on the ground, complying with police when he was shot. He was transported to a local hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. Read more at KTLA: […]

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This afternoon, President Barack Obama issued a statement on the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was fatally shot on Saturday by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri: The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time.  As […]

Ferguson, Missouri, a community unchained, continues to protest the heinous murder of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officers last Saturday afternoon. With cries of “paid assassins,” “no justice, no peace, and “f*ck the police,” the crowd continues to demand justice for the family of Mike Brown. In the days since Brown’s slaying, police officers […]

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Attorney Benjamin Crump and Pastor Jamal Bryant join guest host Jeff Johnson on “NewsOne Now” to deliver an update on the Mike Brown police shooting in Ferguson and detail what the next steps are to obtain justice for the slain teen. Listen to their entire conversation below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. […]

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A black teenager who was fatally shot by a police officer had his hands raised when the officer approached with his weapon drawn and fired repeatedly, according to two men who said they witnessed the shooting that sparked two nights of unrest in suburban St. Louis. The FBI opened an investigation […]