On Monday a number of protests took place in Ferguson, Mo. involving clergy, young activists and others demanding justice for slain 18-year-old, Michael Brown. Activists also protested at the site of last night’s Monday Night Football game featuring the St. Louis Rams and San Francisco 49ers. Two local area Walmart stores were targeted by protesters and […]
Podcast: Download In the midst of the fight for justice for Michael Brown, John Crawford, Eric Garner and others, young activists are calling for older more established voices to step aside. Elders in the movement say they still have a voice and a role to play in the struggle for social justice. While this battle is going on between millennials […]
UPDATED 2:38 P.M., 10/13/14: According to a press release released by PICO National Network, 10 clergy leaders and activists were arrested on Monday, after the Moral Monday March. In addition, to scholar Cornel West being arrested, Pastor Michael McBride and founder and President of Sojourners Jim Wallis were also arrested. Pastor McBride released the […]
An estimated 17 people were arrested Sunday, after refusing to leave an unplanned sit-in outside a convenience store in Ferguson, Mo., during a weekend of mostly peaceful protests against police violence, Reuters reports. RELATED: Hundreds Join Missouri Protest Of Police Shootings Thousands descended on Ferguson and St. Louis, Mo., to protest ongoing violence against Blacks […]
During an October 4 performance of “Requiem” by Brahms at the St. Louis symphony, demonstrators shocked patrons when they interrupted the orchestra with a protest song for Michael Brown, the Ferguson teen slain by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. Holding signs from the balcony which read: “A Requiem for Mike Brown,” “Racism Lives Here” […]
Podcast: Download Voter registration has surged in Ferguson after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Since that fateful day when Brown was murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, nearly 5,000 new voters were registered in St. Louis County and 3,000 new voters registered in Ferguson. Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now;” Jarvis Stewart, Chairman/Managing Parter of Ian Reid LLC; Aisha Moodie-Mills, Senior […]
Voter registration has surged in Ferguson after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Since that fateful day when Brown was murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, nearly 5,000 new voters were registered in St. Louis County and 3,000 new voters registered in Ferguson. Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now;” Jarvis Stewart, Chairman/Managing Parter of Ian Reid LLC; Aisha […]
Michael Brown, Sr. and his cousin, Ty Pruit, spoke with Roland Martin during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference about the death of Michael Brown, Jr. and the case against Ferguson police officer, Darren Wilson. Listen to their entire conversation below. Be sure to listen to “NewsOne Now” with Roland Martin, weekdays at 7 a.m. EST and watch at 9 a.m. EST on […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are charging nearly 10 times the cost of some of their own employees’ salaries before they will agree to turn over files under public records laws about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The move discourages journalists and civil rights groups from investigating the shooting and its […]
After a Ferguson, Mo., policeman was recently spotted then blasted on social media for sporting an “I am Darren Wilson” wristband in support of officer Darren Wilson (pictured) who fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has put a ban in place for county and state law enforcement against […]
UPDATE: On Sunday authorities were searching for a man who was suspected of shooting and wounding a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ——————————————————————————————————————- A Ferguson police officer has been shot around the area of West Florissant and Stein, reports KMOV. Captain Ron Johnson, on the ground talking to protesters, has confirmed the shooting. SEE ALSO: […]
There is an old saying: “What’s understood doesn’t have to be explained.” Apparently, police officers in Ferguson and St. Louis, Missouri are lacking in the understanding department, so the United States Department of Justice had to explain to them that it’s inappropriate to where “I Am Darren Wilson” wristbands while policing protests in Ferguson. Darren […]
