Ferguson, Missouri city manager John Shaw, who was named in the U.S. Justice Department’s report last week as a key player in creating a racist and unconstitutional policing and municipal court system, resigned Tuesday night. The announcement came during a city council meeting with the council voting 7-0 to approve a “mutual separation agreement” from…
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that it will not prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. However, an internal probe by the federal agency also released Wednesday charged that the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) is itself guilty of racism as well as…
A special prosecutor has been named in a case involving South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s chief of staff, Kathryn Roos. Neighbors alleged last summer that city workers illegally performed work on Roos’ home at taxpayer expense. The neighbor snapped a picture of the alleged work and sent a copy to a local community activist who…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is investigating a chemical leak at a uranium conversion facility in southern Illinois. According to the NRC event report, a leak of radioactive uranium hexafluoride, UF6, occurred at the Honeywell uranium enrichment plant in Metropolis at roughly 8:30 PM on Sunday. No injuries have been reported. The plant is…
President Obama spoke Monday afternoon about the situation in Ferguson, Missouri. He called for an end to violence in the streets and announced an independent investigation into the police shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. “The Justice Department has opened an independent, federal civil rights investigation into the death of Michael Brown,” the president…
