Whatever perverse view the Ferguson police officer had of Michael Brown — and all Black men like him — before taking his life and leaving him to lay in his blood for hours afterward, his mother has made sure to counter such characterizations. Lesley McSpadden described her now-fallen son as a boy with the sort of disposition that made […]

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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 […]

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The parents of Michael Brown appeared at a news conference in tears, demanding justice in the wake of the deadly shooting that took the life of their son. “We need justice for our son,” said Brown’s father, Louis Head, standing beside his wife Lesley McSpadden, who was barely able to stand behind a podium, slumped […]

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Guest host Jeff Johnson and the “NewsOne Now” panel discuss how African American communities can protect themselves against police violence. Listen to Johnson, GOP Strategist, J. Hogan Gidley, Joia Jefferson Nuri, founder and CEO of In the Public Eye Communications and Doni Glover, Publisher of Bmorenews.com analyze how Black communities can begin to shield themselves from police brutality […]

UPDATE (8/11/2014, 6:03 PM ET): The livestream of the Brown family press conference has ended. Please check NewsOne.com for further updates or follow NewsOne.com on Facebook. Watch LIVE the Brown family speak to the press and public in Ferguson, Missouri.

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FERGUSON, Mo. — A candlelight vigil for Mike Brown, an unarmed Black man, who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer was followed by unrest as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles, and taunted officers. EXCLUSIVE Interview With Mike Brown’s Mother Follow NewsOne.com’s continued  coverage of the Mike Brown police shooting. 

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“You don’t do a dog like that,” said Lesley McSpadden, mother of Mike Brown. In an exclusive interview for NewsOne by reporter Brittany Noble, McSpadden said it wasn’t the police who notified her that her son had been killed but bystanders. “They didn’t let me identify him or anything,” she said. “It was some girls down […]

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The international hacker group called “Anonymous” has joined the protest of Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. Anonymous calls itself a “hacktivist” organization and has targeted the United States government and large corporations with disruptive tech attacks in the past. In a video posted Sunday, Anonymous threatened to hack the Ferguson police department if any protesters are […]

  FERGUSON, Mo. — A candlelight vigil for an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a suburban St. Louis police officer was followed by unrest as crowds looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles, and taunted officers who tried to block access to parts of the city.   Streets in Ferguson upended on Sunday […]

FERGUSON, Mo. — A local NAACP chapter has called for a federal investigation into the death of a Black teenager who was shot by police in a St. Louis suburb. Eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed Saturday afternoon near his grandmother’s house by a Ferguson police officer. St. Louis County police have not given […]

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A law enforcement spokesman says a large crowd has confronted officers, yelling such things as “kill the police” after a police officer fatally shot a male in a St. Louis-area neighborhood. SEE ALSO: Police Gun Down Ohio Man Holding Toy Rifle In Walmart St. Louis County Police spokesman Brian Schellman says shots […]