Tag: Ferguson

Ferguson City Council approved the first reading of a measure that would reverse the government's lawsuit. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Ferguson throws in the towel in Justice Department lawsuit

Anna Giaritelli · March 9, 2016 3:54 am

Justice Dept. sues Ferguson for failing to accept police reforms

Anna Giaritelli · February 10, 2016 11:02 pm

Beyoncé performs during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl 50. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Washington Secrets

Sheriffs hit Obama for stoking anti-cop violence, ‘it’s going to cost people’s lives’

Paul Bedard · February 10, 2016 8:10 pm

The city of Ferguson, Mo. published the agency's recommendations Wednesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Justice Dept. releases 131-page proposal for Ferguson police

Anna Giaritelli · January 27, 2016 11:55 pm

"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" quickly gained traction, and the story soon became part of a widely accepted narrative involving Michael Brown's death. (AP Photo)

‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ makes WaPo’s list of outlandish claims

Becket Adams · December 14, 2015 5:55 pm

Hundreds of protestors gathered for the mostly peaceful demonstrations in Chicago that continued into Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Chicago protesters have big plans for Black Friday

Anna Giaritelli · November 25, 2015 11:43 pm

Half a century before the recent uproar at Yale and the University of Missouri, America saw protracted rioting at the Berkeley campus of the University of California in the fall of 1964.Â (AP file photo/Robert W. Klein)

An unhappy history seems to be repeating itself

Michael Barone · November 16, 2015 5:01 am

Earnest dismissed claims that police fears of retaliation could be responsible for spikes in violent crime.Â (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

White House wearies of ‘Ferguson Effect’ dissent

Nicole Duran · November 6, 2015 10:25 pm

The "price" Â was first paid when Harvard's Henry Gates was arrested for "trying to unstick the stubborn front door" of his own home in Cambridge, leading in time to the famous Beer Summit. (AP Photo)

Photo finish? Not quite

Noemie Emery · October 13, 2015 4:01 am

Near the Lexington light rail station in St. Paul, Minn., protesters with Black Lives Matters block traffic to and from TCF Bank Stadium before an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

What we can learn from Black Lives Matter

Rep Hank Johnson · September 28, 2015 4:02 am

Demonstrators march past police officers in New York, Friday, May 1, 2015. About 1,000 protesters decrying police brutality marched in Manhattan at a May Day rally that took on a new message amid national outrage over a Baltimore man's death in police custody. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

#BlackLivesMatter’s agenda is costing black lives

Michael Barone · September 7, 2015 4:01 am

President Obama will sign an imperfect bill funding the government in order to avoid shutting down the federal government. (AP Photo)

Obama: Task force will improve policing with ‘communities of color’

Barbara Boland · August 15, 2015 3:35 pm