A white police officer in South Carolina was placed under arrest and charged with murder on Tuesday for the shooting death of an unarmed black man after video of the shooting showed the victim being shot in the back multiple times as he attempted to flee the scene of an altercation. In the just over…
Two police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department headquarters early Thursday morning, local authorities have confirmed. Both officers are in what was described as “serious condition,” though their injuries were reported as “not life-threatening.” The shootings took place just after midnight as a protest outside the station—described later by St. Louis County Police…
The South Bend Common Council is actively discussing ways for the city to increase minority representation in the police and fire departments. The Common Council unanimously passed a non-binding resolution on December 8 that recognizes the “need to develop viable programs in both the South Bend Fire Department and the South Bend Police Department which…
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…
