Ferguson

Ferguson, Justice Unveil Draft Of Negotiated Consent Decree

5:34pm January 27, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The agreement with the Missouri city creates guidelines for training police officers and when they can use force. It also requires body-worn cameras and an overhaul of the municipal court system.

Black Lives Matter has sparked curriculum on campuses including NYU, Emory University in Atlanta, Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan and the University of Florida.

Ferguson In The Classroom: How One College Took Up Race And Policing This Semester

11:42am November 09, 2015

by Errin Whack

College students around the country are lining up to take classes like a new one at NYU called "Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance, and Popular Protest."

Members of the Ferguson Commission, including co-chairman Starsky Wilson (second from right), listen at a recent hearing. After months of deliberation, the commission is releasing a report laying bare racial and economic inequalities in the St. Louis regi

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Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis

5:39pm September 14, 2015

by Jason Rosenbaum

After Michael Brown's shooting, a group was tasked with investigating the region's inequalities. Their report points to deep racial and economic tensions, and calls for sweeping policy changes.

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New Ferguson Judge Overhauls Municipal Courts

6:34pm August 24, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Among several reforms, Judge Donald McCullin ordered that all arrest warrants issued in Ferguson before 2015 be withdrawn.

Trymaine Lee reports in Ferguson in August 2014.

Reporting Post-Ferguson: A Journey To 'Very Dark Places'

6:08am August 22, 2015

by NPR Staff

MSNBC's Trymaine Lee was one of several African-American journalists who shared their stories of reporting on racially-charged violence with Code Switch's Gene Demby.

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Journalists Receive Court Summons Nearly A Year After Reporting In Ferguson

10:25pm August 10, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Reporters for The Washington Post and Huffington Post were covering the 2014 protests in Ferguson when they were held in a McDonald's. Now they're charged with trespassing and interfering with police.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at the spot where Michael Brown was shot and killed. The crowd observed 4 1/2 minutes of silence, one minute for each of the 4 1/2 hours that Brown's body lay in the street before being taken away.

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Moment Of Silence Marks A Year Of Mourning, Protest In Ferguson

7:12pm August 09, 2015

by NPR Staff

Hundreds gathered in the St. Louis suburb one year after Michael Brown was killed there by a police officer. Starsky Wilson, the Ferguson Commission's co-chair, sees reason to hope — and keep working.

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Sam's Meat Market was looted and vandalized at least three times during the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., last year.

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Ferguson Businesses Struggle To Rebuild Post-Riots

5:37pm August 07, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

Last year, many businesses in Ferguson, Mo., were looted and vandalized in unrest that gripped the city. Customers are starting to return, but some owners don't feel positive about staying here.

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A new report counted the race and gender for more than 2,400 elected prosecutors and found that 95 percent are white.

Does It Matter That 95 Percent Of Elected Prosecutors Are White?

7:41pm July 08, 2015

by Amita Kelly

"The group of people who are really the managers of the criminal justice system in America are concentrated among one demographic group: white men," said an author of the report.

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What Happens When A Police Officer Doesn't Shoot?

12:14am May 11, 2015

by Martin Kaste

An officer's body camera captured his decision not to shoot a possibly armed suspect. He was praised for brave self-restraint, but some law enforcement officers say his reluctance was irresponsible.

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