On the one year anniversary of Darren Wilson killing unarmed teenager Michael Brown, the city of Ferguson has declared a state of emergency, transferring control police operations to the county level after a demonstration against police brutality was marred by gunfire.
University of Wisconsin researchers found evidence in sediment cores obtained from two lakes that suggest a major flooding evening around AD 1,200 could have driver people away from the historic settlement.
Bob McCulloch, the prosecutor who controversially provided every single piece of evidence to the grand jury in the Michael Brown case, including information he knew to be untrue, has been sued by a juror, while a number of St. Louis residents formally filed a complaint to the Missouri Bar.
Prior to Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiders, five rams players - wide receiver Tavon Austin, wide receiver Stedman Bailey, wide receiver Kenny Britt, wide receiver Chris Givens and tight end Jared Cook - held up their hands in a gesture that has coincided with protests of the Michael Brown killing in Ferguson, Missouri. The gesture, known as the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose, has been used in many rallies to protest police brutality against African American men. According to the website for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the St. Louis Police officers Association said in a statement they'd like the NFL have the players apologize. They also want the league to discipline the tight end and four wide receivers.
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.
