The Justice Department is opening an investigation into the practices of the police department in the city of Ferguson, Missouri, which has been the focus of both the national and international media after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown by a white police officer named Darren Wilson.
Large crowds gathered in Ferguson, Missouri to mourn Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager who was killed by police officer Darren Wilson Aug. 9.
Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in Ferguson, Missouri in an effort to defuse some of the tension that has bubbled up nightly since the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
The arrests of numerous outsiders at protests in Ferguson suggests that outside political groups are trying to exploit a community's grief and sense of alienation from local political life to advance their own goals.
Peaceful protests against the shooting death of Michael Brown once again devolved into arrests and confrontations with the police in Ferguson, MO.
In a development sure to only fuel protests against policing in the United States, police in St. Louis, Missouri shot and killed a mentally disturbed, young, black man brandishing a knife.
The most violent clashes yet between protesters and police since the death of Michael Brown occurred the night of Aug. 17, causing Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to announce that he will deploy the National Guard to enforce a nightly curfew that took effect Sat. Aug. 16.
Clashes defined the late night hours in Ferguson on the one-week anniversary of the shooting death of Michael Brown.
The police have released new details about the shooting of Michael Brown and the incidents that led up to his death.
Thousands of people around the United States came together for a moment of silence to commemorate victims of police brutality after a series of incidents in which unarmed men were killed by the police.
President Barack Obama and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon both weighed in on the controversy in Ferguson, Missouri, which has seen police aiming rifles at peaceful protesters as well as teargasing and arresting journalists.
Numerous reports and images show that police in Ferguson, Missouri aimed their weapons at peaceful crowds of protesters and arrested journalists, a violation of the First Amendment.
Two nights after the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the community of Ferguson, Missouri has yet to return to normal.
After a grieving community erupted in flames and broken glass over the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by the local police department, the governor of Missouri has requested the assistance of the Justice Department.
Grief over the death of Michael Brown in the town of Ferguson, MO took a violent turn the night of Aug. 10 when crowds rioted, looting stores and clashing with police.
