Missouri

*(Via Raw Story) – Following the election of the town’s first African-American mayor, five of the six officers on a small Missouri town police force resigned en masse, reports KFVS. Former city clerk Tyrus Byrd was sworn in as mayor of Parma, Missouri on Tuesday only to find out that police officers, as well as […]

The second half of 2014 has been marked by the shooting deaths of four African-American males by local law enforcement -- Michael Brown in...

Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and around the country have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities they...

MARTIN:  I just talked to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on the show, and we were talking economic development, and we were also speaking about...

*The problems in Ferguson, Missouri, will continue long after the Grand Jury’s final decision. The tensions in the community will undoubtedly be exacerbated if the US Justice Department declines to pursue civil rights violations against Officer Darren Wilson. The real problem in Ferguson is the fact that the residents are stuck with a police department […]

Another unarmed African American teen near Ferguson, Mo., was fatally shot by a police officer who witnesses say fired off more than 16 rounds at…

The parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed teen who was shot to death in Ferguson, Mo., by a white police officer, request police departments mandate…

There is a vast racial gap in the perception of what was right and wrong in the Ferguson police officer shooting and killing of unarmed…

A St. Louis County (Mo.) judge has approved the delay of a grand jury decision on whether to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the…

It is a sad and pathetic commentary on interracial relations, but when you have almost all-white grand jury pouring over evidence in a racially explosive…