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12 Aug 2014, 9:21 pm
[edited to add/update links and to clarify the issues of military surplus and the un-interviewed witness] Tweet Tags: Missouri, policePolice militarization in Ferguson, Missouri is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 3:48 pm
Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in August 2014, triggering local riots and a national narrative about lethally racist police. [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 2:27 pm
[JURIST] The parents of Michael Brown [JURIST news archive] filed a civil lawsuit [complaint] Thursday under Missouri's wrongful death statute against the city of Ferguson, Missouri [official website]. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 12:43 pm
[JURIST] Ferguson, Missouri, Mayor James Knowles reportedly fired [Reuters report] three city employees on Thursday after an investigation by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] exposed racist e-mails and racially disparate police practices in the city. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 3:49 pm
News release: “The Justice Department announced the findings of its two civil rights investigations related to Ferguson, Missouri, today. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 10:35 am
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri [official website] on Tuesday approved a settlement agreement [text, PDF] between the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] and the city of Ferguson, Missouri [official website]. [read post]
18 Mar 2016, 11:58 am
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] and the city of Ferguson, Missouri, filed a settlement agreement [text, PDF] on Thursday to conclude a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] brought by the federal government last month. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 8:53 am
[JURIST] Missouri Governor Jay Nixon [official website] on Monday issued an executive order [text] authorizing the Missouri National Guard [official website] to provide assistance in the city of Ferguson following a period of civil unrest that prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency [JURIST report] on Saturday. [read post]
10 Feb 2016, 8:57 am
The announcement came after the the city council in Ferguson, Missouri, voted [press release] Tuesday to unilaterally amend the agreement reached in January after a DOJ investigation found the Ferguson Police Department's actions were rooted in discriminatory policies [statement]. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 7:40 am
According to the New York Times, the governor of Missouri is now deploying the National Guard in an “effort[] to quell unrest” resulting from a white police officer’s shooting of a black teenager in the city of Ferguson. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 7:40 am
According to the New York Times, the governor of Missouri is now deploying the National Guard in an “effort[] to quell unrest” resulting from a white police officer’s shooting of a black teenager in the city of Ferguson. [read post]
7 Oct 2016, 9:23 am
A $40 million civil rights lawsuit filed by protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, against the city’s police force has been dismissed by a federal judge. [read post]
22 Jun 2017, 8:40 am
A federal judge approved [order, PDF] a settlement Tuesday between the family of Michael Brown and the city of Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 12:06 pm
[JURIST] Five people brought a lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Ferguson [official website], Missouri, and several officials for the use of unnecessary and unwarranted force [complaint, PDF] by St. [read post]
21 May 2016, 6:34 pm
" Like many academic criminologists, he had pooh-poohed charges that skyrocketing murder rates in many cities in 2015 and 2016 result from a "Ferguson effect" -- a skittering back from proactive policing for fear of accusations of racism like those that followed the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in August 2014. [read post]
17 Aug 2014, 4:09 pm
[JURIST] Missouri Governor Jay Nixon [official website] on Saturday signed an executive order [text] declaring a state of emergency and ordering a curfew in the city of Ferguson. [read post]
11 Feb 2015, 10:58 am
Just something for Missouri — and the City of Ferguson — to think about. [read post]
17 Aug 2014, 4:28 am
Jay Nixon of Missouri imposed a midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew on Saturday in this small city, a group of protesters defied the order and violence flared briefly on Sunday morning, after a week of demonstrations over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 12:28 pm
[JURIST] A new Municipal Court judge in Ferguson, Missouri, on Tuesday ordered [press release] sweeping reforms of courtroom practices following a damning federal report of racial bias. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 8:49 am
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch [official website] on Wednesday announced [press release] that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] against the city of Ferguson, Missouri, for alleged unjust policing. [read post]
