New Yorkers React to Ferguson Results in Citywide Protest
New Yorkers took to the streets Monday night following the Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown.
View ArticleProtests Over Ferguson and NYPD Deaths Strangle Streets and Highways
Thousands choked the the FDR Drive, the West Side Highway, the Lincoln Tunnel and other roadways to protest the Michael Brown decision.
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Deafening Silence On Ferguson
African Americans are a huge part of the Democratic Party base. It is extraordinary that the party’s second most visible leader and most prominent presidential candidate does not see it necessary and,...
View ArticleRice on Ferguson: People — particularly lawmakers — need to ‘wake up’
The most senior member of the New Jersey legislature's black caucus -- and the fourth-most senior member of the body as a whole -- sees some good in the protests that have followed in the wake of last...
View ArticleSharpton Vows March on D.C. Over Eric Garner and Other Police Killings
Al Sharpton said Eric Holder is considering investigating the death of Eric Garner, but said he would take his own action on December 13.
View ArticleCops Turn on de Blasio Again at Funeral for Slain NYPD Officer
Police again gave their backs to Bill de Blasio at the funeral for Wenjian Liu.
View ArticleCharles Barron Rolls Out Bill to Abolish Grand Juries for Cops
The Black Panther-turned-"elected activist" would have police tried in California-style preliminary hearings instead of grand juries.
View ArticleFerguson Oath Keepers Leader Sam Andrews Forms Splinter Group
High profile vigilante splits from parent org amid accusations that Oath Keepers is exploiting racial tensions in Ferguson
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Activist Will Talk Social Media and Protest at Tribeca
Samuel Sinyangwe is speaking as part of the film festival's TFI Interactive Conference.
View ArticlePledges, Protests and Palace Intrigue Over Policing in the NYC Council
Jumaane Williams and Robert Cornegy led sharply different protests over NYPD killings today—and could make for sharply different candidates to replace Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
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