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Michael Brown lays dead in the street after being shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri.

Federal Government Files Civil Rights Suit Against Ferguson

776 People Killed By Police So Far in 2015, 161 Of Them Unarmed

But, just 25 police officers have died from firearms-related violence in the same period.

September 1st, 2015
Mint Press News Desk
September 1st, 2015
By Mint Press News Desk
St. Louis County Police arrest people along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots.

Editor's Note: In November 2015, the total number of police killings surpassed 1,000. MINNEAPOLIS --- So far in 2015, U.S. police killed 776 people, 161 of whom were completely unarmed at the time of their death. The data was compiled by The Guardian for a project called “The Counted,” a continuously updated, interactive database of police

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Ferguson To Withdraw Thousands Of Arrest Warrants

Scrutiny placed on Ferguson’s courts and law enforcement agencies revealed endemic racism coursing throughout the criminal justice system.

August 25th, 2015
Deirdre Fulton
August 25th, 2015
By Deirdre Fulton
St. Louis County Police arrest people along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots.

A municipal court judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday announced sweeping changes to the city's court system, including an order to withdraw all arrest warrants issued in the city before December 31, 2014. The announcement came ahead of a major new municipal reform law taking effect this week—Senate Bill 5, which will put a cap on court

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New Protests Erupt In St. Louis After Police Shooting Of 18 Year-Old

Roughly 150 people gathered Wednesday afternoon near the scene of the shooting, questioning the use of deadly force. Some chanted “Black Lives Matter,” a mantra used after Brown’s death.

August 20th, 2015
Associated Press
August 20th, 2015
By Associated Press
A St. Louis police officer stands guard as firefighters extinguish a fire in the 1300 block of Bayard Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, after a fatal officer-involved shooting near Page Boulevard at Walton Avenue. Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com

ST. LOUIS — Officers arrested at least nine people and deployed tear gas amid protests in St. Louis over the death of a black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by police after he pointed a gun at them, the city's police chief said. Chief Sam Dotson said at a news conference late Wednesday that a group of protesters who had blocked an intersection

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Oath Keepers To Arm 50 Black Protesters In Ferguson With AR- 15’s For Epic Rights Flexing March

FERGUSON (TFTP)  The Missouri chapter of the Oath Keepers are planning to hold an open carry march through downtown Ferguson, Mo., which will reportedly involve arming 50 black protestors with AR-15 rifles. The decision to hold the event transpired after St. Louis County officials, in violation of Missouri’s open carry law, insisted that members of the […]

August 17th, 2015
Jay Syrmopoulos
August 17th, 2015
By Jay Syrmopoulos

FERGUSON (TFTP)  The Missouri chapter of the Oath Keepers are planning to hold an open carry march through downtown Ferguson, Mo., which will reportedly involve arming 50 black protestors with AR-15 rifles. The decision to hold the event transpired after St. Louis County officials, in violation of Missouri’s open carry law, insisted that members

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Heavily-Armed White Men Patrol Ferguson To Protect ‘Ready To Confront Authorities To Defend US Constitution’

Armed to teeth with semi-automatic assault rifles and handguns, members of the Oath Keepers militia, formed of former and current law enforcement.

August 12th, 2015
RT
August 12th, 2015
By RT
Heavily armed civilians with a group known as the Oath Keepers arrive in Ferguson, Mo., early Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015. The far-right anti-government activists, largely consists of past and present members of the military, first responders and police officers. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the overnight presence of the militia group, wearing camouflage bulletproof vests and openly carrying rifles and pistols on West Florissant Avenue, the hub of marches and protests for the past several days, was "both unnecessary and inflammatory."

At least four members of the 'Oath Keepers' arrived in Ferguson on early Tuesday and began patrolling the West Florissant Avenue, walking through the crowds of protesters gathered there for a ‘day of civil disobedience’ following the anniversary of the killing of 18-year-old African-American Michael Brown, shot dead by white Police Officer Darren

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State Of Emergency Declared After Another Violent Night In Ferguson

St Louis County police take over operations in Ferguson a day after 18-year-old black man was shot by police after firing on unmarked vehicle

August 11th, 2015
Associated Press
August 11th, 2015
By Associated Press
St. Louis County Police arrest people along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots.

FERGUSON, Mo.  — Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson during a protest that stretched into early Tuesday marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, although there was no repeat of the violence that scarred weekend demonstrations. There were no shots fired and no burglaries, looting or property

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