In St. Louis, Another Officer Shooting Shakes Community
In St. Louis, Missouri, tensions between residents and law enforcement officers have burst into the streets once again.On Wednesday night, an off-duty police officer in St. Louis shot and killed a...
View Article"You Can Win with the Media"
In an attempt to ease media relations, the St Louis Academy and Municipal Police Academy will offer a class called "Officer-Involved Shooting: You Can Win with the Media." Bob talks with the...
View ArticleFerguson on the Map and in the Mind
In the more than two months since Ferguson erupted in protest after the death of Michael Brown, the town has become both a magnet for activists and a metaphor for social ills. But for local...
View ArticleUnveiling CitizenFour, Inside Ferguson, and Protesting Outside SCOTUS
A look at Laura Poitras' new documentary about Edward Snowden, "CitizenFour," a view from inside the continued protests in Ferguson, and barring political protesters outside SCOTUS.
View ArticleDallas Pulls Back the Curtain on Police Shootings
Dallas Police Chief David Brown knows that the relationship between a police force and a community is often fragile at best. "There's a lot of context, and a historical perspective, when it relates to...
View ArticleSharpton on "High Alert" for Ferguson Decision
Rev. Al Sharpton said he's on "high alert" while waiting for the grand jury's decision in the case of Michael Brown. Brown was shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.Sharpton described the...
View ArticleToday's Takeaways: A Test of Powers, A Genius Filmmaker, and A Battle Against...
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View ArticleFerguson & Gov. Jay Nixon's Leadership Crisis
A Missouri grand jury is deliberating over whether to press charges against Darrell Wilson, the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri this summer. Governor Jay...
View ArticleUncertainty Swirls in Ferguson Ahead of Grand Jury Decision
In Ferguson, Missouri, the mood is tense ahead of a grand jury decision on whether officer Darren Wilson will be indicted for the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. The grand jury will...
View ArticleFerguson Decision: No Indictment
A grand jury has decided not to indict Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting by a white officer sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests...
View ArticleListen: Union Square Crowd Reaction to Ferguson Verdict
Those gathered in anticipation of the grand jury decision erupted in chants after learning there would be no indictment for Officer Darren Wilson, who shot unarmed, black, 18-year-old Michael...
View ArticleTweeting NYC's Ferguson Protests
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View ArticleWhy is it So Hard to Indict a Police Officer?
There is no uniform data on officer-involved shootings and indictments, but most criminologists agree that that few police officers are ever indicted, much less convicted, in shootings or other violent...
View ArticleOn Ferguson
A special edition of On the Media examining the media's reaction to the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.
View ArticleBronx Students Test Their Voices on Ferguson Verdict
It's almost 1,000 miles from the Bronx to Ferguson, Missouri, but students at the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action Middle School said on Tuesday they wanted their community to know they had an...
View ArticleIn Aftermath of Ferguson Decision, NYC Turns Attention to Garner Case
As the nation absorbs the grand jury's decision not to indict the Ferguson police officer who shot teenager Michael Brown, New York's attention now turns to the case of Eric Garner.Garner, a black...
View ArticleNYPD Officers On The Ground in Ferguson
When it comes to gathering intelligence, NYPD detectives don't just go overseas to monitor terrorism. The NYPD also sent personnel to Ferguson, Missouri, where protesters are demonstrating after a...
View ArticleDay 2 of Ferguson Protests in NYC
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View ArticleHow to Build Trust in the Justice System
Thousands around the nation took to the streets this week to demand justice after the grand jury decision in Ferguson. What about our justice system do they want to change?The phrase 'Equal Justice...
View ArticleIs Ferguson as Much About White Rage as Black?
The rioting in Ferguson, Missouri and across the country is about more than just a grand jury's decision not to indict white policeman Darren Wilson, says Professor Carol Anderson. "What we’ve actually...
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