Tag: Ferguson

In this Oct. 6, 2013 photo, Los Angeles Airport Police team up with City of Los Angeles Police officers in a joint training session on counterterrorism in Ontario, Calif. After spending a decade sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the United States, Washington is reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Mo., amid images of heavily-armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Pentagon overhauling program that gives military gear to local cops

Charles Hoskinson · November 14, 2014 12:40 am

"This is America. People have a right to express their views and opinions," Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said, but noting that doing so should not put other people's safety at risk. (AP Photo)

Gov. Jay Nixon on Ferguson: ‘Violence will not be tolerated’

Kelly Cohen · November 11, 2014 8:49 pm

The U.S. government agreed to a police request to shut down several miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, even though authorities said their purpose was to keep media helicopters away during protests in August, according to recordings of air traffic control conversations obtained by the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Eric Holder on Ferguson no-fly zone: Transparency a good thing

Kelly Cohen · November 3, 2014 8:04 pm

Sen. Rand Paul traveled to Ferguson to meet with black leaders, and said he sensed an "undercurrent of unease." (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty images)

Rand Paul: War on drugs is to blame for Ferguson

Rebecca Berg · November 2, 2014 4:48 pm

Pastor Charles Burton lies on the driveway at the Ferguson, Mo., police station as a chalk drawing is made as a memorial to Michael Brown, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Michael Brown and race hoaxes

Mona Charen · October 23, 2014 9:20 pm

Changes Everything, Right?

Geoffrey Norman · October 23, 2014 1:52 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014 file image from video released by the City of Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson. Wilson has told authorities that Michael Brown reached for the gun during a scuffle, the Times reported in a story posted on its website Friday night Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/City of Ferguson, File)

Report: Ferguson officer says he feared for life

Washington Examiner · October 18, 2014 5:41 pm

Cornel West ‘Taken Into Custody’ in Ferguson

Daniel Halper · October 13, 2014 7:22 pm

Protesters sit silent for over four minutes at the Ferguson Police Department Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, during a rally in remembrance of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

St. Louis protesters promise more civil disobedience

Sean Lengell · October 12, 2014 10:28 pm

‘Weekend of Resistance’: Marchers descend on St. Louis for second day of demonstrations against police shootings

Sean Lengell · October 11, 2014 9:13 pm

What the Secret Service needs is something every law enforcement agency needs: Weapons that can incapacitate threatening suspects without inflicting deadly wounds, writes Chapman.Â (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Dangerous people and deadly force

Steve Chapman · October 1, 2014 6:24 pm

The parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, speak to The Associated Press during an interview in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Michael Brown's parents say they are unmoved by the Ferguson police chief's apology in their son's shooting death by a police officer. Instead, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. told The Associated Press they would rather see an arrest, and Brown Sr. said he wants the police officer "in handcuffs." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ferguson demands high fees to turn over city files

Jack Gillum · September 30, 2014 2:52 am