Alicia Garza, co-founder of 'Black Lives Matter', said at the Black Women's Roundtable Policy Forum that they are withdrawing support for any candidate.
Peggy Hubbard's video blasting the Black Lives Matter campaign sets the Internet on fire.
A peaceful protest to mark the death of Michael Brown blew into violence.
Jay Z and Beyonce secretly help protesters involved in the Baltimore and Fergusson protests aiming for fair police treatment towards African-Americans.
The family of Michael Brown has filed a lawsuit against Darren Wilson and the City of Ferguson in relation to Brown's Aug. 2014 that caused social unrest in the St. Louis suburb and brought international attention to the issue of policing tactics in the United States.
A video footage put up by Oklahoma cops shows an officer shooting a black man, mistaking a gun for a taser.
Department of Justice Reports from almost all over the US expose most police departments in the US to be just like the Ferguson forces---discriminating against minorities and violating the civil rights of citizens.
The police chief of Ferguson, MO has resigned, the latest casualty of a critical report from the Department of Justice on policing and government in the St. Louis suburb.
The Department of Justice has said that it will not pursue charges pertaining to civil rights violations against Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, MO police officer who killed Michael Brown, sparking protests nationwide.
Tensions in Ferguson, MO, which had begun to calm after weeks of unrest and demonstrations after the shooting of Michael Brown and the failure to indict Darren Wilson, are set to catch fire again after the police in nearby Berkeley, MO killed a young black man.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, announced plans to begin outfitting the Los Angeles Police Department with body cameras in an effort to rebuild trust between the police and the local community, which has been strained by incidents in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY.
President Barack Obama has announced initiatives intended to build trust between communities and local police forces after the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and an excessive police response to peaceful protesters put the issue of police militarization at the front of the national political discourse.
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.
A disturbing and irresponsible mistake by the prosecutors in the grand jury responsible for indicting Darren Wilson, the officer who killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown, could have played an outsized role in the jury's decision not to charge Wilson.
As shoppers across the country stampeded and fought each other to be the first in line for heavily discounted goods, people also turned out at stores in acts of organized protest.
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