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A new Michael Brown video, which was featured in the documentary Stranger Fruit, appears to provide additional details about the events leading up to the controversial Ferguson shooting. Although the video did not capture the teen’s death at the hands of former Officer Darren Wilson, filmmaker Jason Pollock said it proves Brown did not commit […]

George Zimmerman is back in news headlines, and this time it’s surrounding his behavior on social media. Mediaite reports that he posted a nude photo of his former girlfriend in a rant accusing her of cheating on him with a Muslim. Now his Twitter account has been suspended, meaning the attention he attracted was less-than-positive, […]

Not long after the Ferguson play was announced, dramatizing the death of Michael Brown and allowing the audience to decide the truth, a new documentary claims to hold the actual truth surrounding the controversial events in Ferguson, Missouri. According to the Huffington Post, Ferguson Cover-Up is the upcoming work of filmmaker Jason Pollock, who claims […]

Jamyla Bolden, the 9-year-old girl shot in her bedroom in Ferguson, while doing her homework, has been laid to rest amid heartbreaking sorrow. The tragic case of young Jamyla Bolden, who was killed by a stray bullet that came through the wall of her bedroom while she sat doing her homework on August 18, sparked […]

The first anniversary of the death of Michael Brown has caused a resurgence in the protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Not long after the riots and looting started to slow down, Ferguson protesters began blocking highways and sparking intermittent bursts of violence in the city. The authorities have been forced to arrest approximately 150 people as […]

The Oath Keepers are in Ferguson to help protect local businesses and residents, the group says. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the presence of the organization primarily comprised of current and former police, military, and first responders, is both “unnecessary” and “inflammatory.” The current Ferguson protests began on the anniversary of the […]

Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9 2014. Brown was unarmed and officer Wilson fired his weapon 12 times. It is thought that the final shot was the one that ended the life of 18-year-old Brown. As a result of Brown’s death there was a […]

Today marks the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s fatal shooting. The teen’s highly-publicized death at the hands of former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson reignited debates over race relations, police brutality, and the definition of excessive force. In fact, the circumstances surrounding Brown’s death have added fuel to the race relations fire, inciting protests […]

The Ferguson Police Department has hired a black interim police chief, Andre Anderson. He’s brought on board as the dust barely settles almost a whole year following the Michael Brown shooting. CBS News reports that the city of Ferguson now has a new interim police chief. He was previously a commander of the Glendale Police […]

Dorian Johnson, key witness in the Michael Brown case, is now seeking justice for his alleged mistreatment at the hands of the Ferguson Police Department. For those who may have forgotten, Johnson made headlines with the Brown case because he was actually with the unarmed teen at the time of the fatal shooting. He also […]

Coffee giant Starbucks announced it is planning on opening a store in Ferguson, Missouri, the same location where riots broke out following the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by former police officer Darren Wilson. According to Fortune, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced plans for the new location at an event hosted by NationSwell, but he […]

Michael Brown’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson. The Brown family is seeking $75,000 in damages and attorney fees, according to lawyer Benjamin Crump. The parents of Michael Brown engaged in a news conference from the steps of the St. Louis County Courthouse moments after the Ferguson wrongful death suit […]

The family of Michael Brown reportedly intends to sue the city of Ferguson, Missouri, for wrongful death regarding the shooting of the 18-year-old man by police officer Darren Wilson. Mediaite reports that this news will be officially announced on Thursday morning. Will they be successful in their latest attempt at finding some kind of justice […]

According to new reports, members of the Missouri National Guard deployed to Ferguson following the shooting of Michael Brown last year referred to rioters as “enemy forces” and “adversaries.” The revelations come from documents containing internal mission briefings, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. An alderman from St. Louis, Antonio French, […]

St. Louis police have reportedly made two arrests in the vicious beating of a commuter on the St. Louis MetroLink light rail system. As the Inquisitr previously reported, a passenger on a St. Louis MetroLink light rail train was brutally attacked on Monday night after allegedly being asked what he thought about the Michael Brown […]

A play based on the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, is scheduled to open soon, and it will allow audience members to decide if they would have indicted former Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. The play, simply titled Ferguson, is looking to raise $93,000 on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo. At […]

A passenger on a St. Lous MetroLink light rail train was viciously attacked after allegedly being asked what he thought about the Michael Brown “situation.” A cellphone video of the assault was uploaded yesterday to a Facebook page and to YouTube today. “Police said the victim, who is white, was punched and kicked by three […]

The “hands up, don’t shoot” movement in the aftermath of the Ferguson, Missouri, shooting was based on a false narrative. That is the conclusion of liberal Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart, also an MSNBC commentator, who was among the many pundits that completely bought into the mantra. On August 9, 2014, Ferguson cop Darren Wilson […]

Megyn Kelly was speaking on a short fuse Thursday night as she opened her Fox News show with commentary on false reports that have trickled out of the media since the Michael Brown shooting happened last August. Kelly began by pointing out how she feels the media is shaping the narrative — on the events […]

The Ferguson report and its claims of racism inside the department have prompted Eric Holder to threaten to disband the force. During a press conference, the attorney general said the Justice Department was prepared to do “what is necessary” to “fix” the Missouri police department where Darren Wilson used to work. Eric Holder’s Ferguson report […]

“Hands up, don’t shoot.” They were the words that fueled racial outrage in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of unarmed African-American teen Michael Brown by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, a Caucasian. Riots and unrest sieged the city as a result of what witnesses said were Michael Brown’s final words to Wilson before […]

The parents of slain teenager Michael Brown are planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the Ferguson Police Department and former officer Darren Wilson in the killing of their son last year. News of this lawsuit comes one day after the Inquisitr reported that the Department of Justice decided to not move forward with […]

Eric Holder said that there wasn’t enough evidence to charge Officer Darren Wilson for the Michael Brown shooting, but Ferguson Police, in general, have committed many, many crimes against African Americans. The attorney general says the local officers violated the constitution on a regular basis, using the department as a collection agency to finance the […]

Ferguson police were cleared of any wrongdoing related to the Michael Brown shooting by the Department of Justice. The DOJ Ferguson report states that the federal agency will not be levying any criminal charges against former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in relation to the shooting of the unarmed black teenager. As previously reported by […]

Police Association spokesman Jeff Roorda came under fire several times during and after the legal proceedings in the case of Darren Wilson, the St. Louis police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown. Among other things, Roorda was accused of a conflict of interest when he helped fundraise for Wilson. Now, he’s facing assault charges […]

Al Sharpton should probably consider never making an appearance in Milwaukee County. The sheriff there — David Clarke, a black Democrat — believes the civil rights figure is a “charlatan” and should “go back to the gutter he came from,” according to a recent interview with Fox & Friends. The discussion centered on Officer Darren […]

Darren Wilson will reportedly avoid being charged with federal civil rights violations following an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Wilson is the Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who fatally shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9, a case which dominated the headlines for months thereafter. On November 24, a St. Louis grand jury declined […]

Months after the Ferguson protests have died down, news emerges that a lot of the chaos Americans witnessed unfolding had an agenda behind it. Thousands demonstrated after 18-year-old, African-American Michael Brown was shot by former Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Those demonstrations turned into full-on riots that kept the public’s attention. Ferguson protestors managed to […]

There’s a possibility the Ferguson trial could be reopened. Just this week, the NAACP’s legal advocacy group has submitted three letters outlining “grave concerns” in regards to the Michael Brown case. On November 24, the Ferguson grand jury announced that former police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for the August 9 shooting death […]

Darren Wilson was cleared of shooting teenager Michael Brown when a grand jury voted not to indict the Ferguson police officer, but he may not be in the clear just yet. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund wrote an open letter to Missouri Judge Maura McShane, calling on her to investigate prosecutor Bob McCulloch, who the […]

A Ferguson grand juror is asking a federal court to lift the gag order preventing Darren Wilson grand jury members from discussing the Michael Brown shooting case. The unnamed grand juror is claiming the prosecuting attorney Bob McCulloch “insinuated that Mike Brown was in the wrong and that the legal discussion in the case were […]

A grand juror has filed suit against Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, seeking to lift a lifetime gag order in the Darren Wilson case and alleging that the views of the grand jury have been misrepresented in public statements by the prosecutor. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the anonymous […]

Following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson in August, racial tensions have been at a high across America, with violence in Florida and L.A. on Sunday in the form of shots being fired directly at cops. Police departments nationwide — who are already on heightened alert following the […]

Ferguson Police Department took the decision over the weekend to suspend one of their cops who allegedly made derogatory remarks about the Michael Brown memorial, calling it “a pile of trash.” The officer in question, Timothy Zoll, denied making the dismissive remark after the memorial was hit by a car, but later admitted he had […]

The war in Ferguson is far from over. Although the grand jury announced the decision not to indict former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, new details about the case leave many to wonder whether the Michael Brown case will ever be solved based on factual evidence. Over the past week, a number of witnesses have […]

Ferguson grand jury witness Sandra McElroy lied about what she claimed occurred during the August 9 fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson — but McElroy was far from the only witness who lied. Prosecutors knew that many of the 62 witnesses called before the grand jury were not telling […]

Sandra McElroy, a key Ferguson witness whose testimony to the grand jury that eventually exonerated Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed teen Michael Brown, has been among the most often cited in the media, simply made up her whole story, a new investigative report finds. The new report calls into question the integrity […]

A new t-shirt is reportedly gaining popularity among law enforcement officers and Darren Wilson supporters. However, many people who have opposed the controversial killings of unarmed men are not pleased with the message on the shirt. According to Conservative Tribune, the T-shirt which reads, “Don’t Attack A Police Officer, Don’t Get Shot” has caused quite […]

Louis Head is making headlines yet again. For those who missed it, footage of Michael Brown’s stepfather surfaced following the Ferguson grand jury decision. In the video, he could be heard yelling, “Burn the b***h motherf***er down! Burn the b***h down! Burn the b***h!” The controversial video quickly caught the attention of the media and […]

Berkeley protesters closed down I-80 with “I Can’t Breathe” demonstrations and caused a woman stuck in traffic to go into labor in her car. Attempting to reach the woman in labor amid scores of stopped cars and hundreds of Eric Garner protesters was first responder’s nightmare. Ultimately the Berkeley Fire Department was able to reach […]

Distressed Ferguson business owners are all struggling to recover from the aftermath of the riots that ripped through the city following the grand jury’s decision regarding the controversial death of Michael Brown. Needless to say, the road to recovery will be quite long, as many business owners are left to pick up the pieces of […]

There are no shortage of debates about the state of affairs on race relations in America. At the center of the heated, and polarized, dialogue are recent grand jury decisions in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the “choke-hold” death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. Conservative talk show […]

Michael Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head, may have predicted the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, immediately before he shouted “burn this b***h down” on November 24, according to a newly emerged video. Emotions ran high, both locally and nationally, after a St. Louis grand jury returned no indictment against Officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of […]

Daniel Pantaleo and Darren Wilson have a lot in common. Both are police officers, sworn to protect and serve, with similar tenures; Pantaleo had been employed for eight years, Wilson six. Pantaleo and Wilson were both employed by mostly white forces. Both used force in the line of duty, resulting in the deaths of unarmed […]

Don Lemon has been making headlines quite a bit lately for his most recent arguments. Now, his latest argument has many viewers questioning whether or not his claims could be true. During a recent discussion with former police officer David Klinger and New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson, the CNN anchor shared his perspective […]

After it was revealed that Darren Wilson wouldn’t be indicted for the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, a domino effect occurred splitting the nation primarily over the topic of race. The Inquisitr kept updating with the most recent news pertaining to Ferguson and how the aftermath has caused more chaos than resolution. As […]

In wake of New York’s grand jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the videotaped chokehold murder of Eric Garner, Al Sharpton has opted to speak on behalf of the family. Since this is the second grand jury decision to come back with the same results, the 60-year-old civil rights activist has announced […]

On Monday night, Bill O’Reilly dedicated the “Talking Points Memo” section of his show on FOX News to taking on the idea that there is a widespread, racist abuse of black people by police officers in the United States. O’Reilly cited a column in the New York Times written by Michael Eric Dyson in which […]

Michael Brown’s stepfather, Louis Head, apologized for his shouts which some feel incited rioting in Ferguson. Head is officially under investigation by the St. Louis Police Department. The Ferguson man married to Lesley McSpadden, has been accused of inciting a riot after shouting, “Burn this b***h down” after the Darren Wilson grand jury verdict was […]

Darren Wilson death threats began not long after the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson on August 9. A Washington man making death threats against officer Wilson was arrested on December 2. A Department of Justice criminal complaint neglects to mention the officer by name but references the target as “D.W.” and makes other “obvious” identifying […]