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Government sues Ferguson after city tries to revise deal

JIM SALTER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated PressFebruary 17, 2016

The federal government sued Ferguson on Wednesday, one day after the City Council voted to revise an agreement aimed at improving the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ferguson’s decision to reject the deal left the Justice Department no choice except to file a civil-rights lawsuit. “The residents of Ferguson have waited nearly a year for the city to adopt an agreement that would protect their rights and keep them safe. … They have waited decades for justice. They should not be forced to wait any longer,”

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Police shooting cases hang over Cincinnati and Cleveland

DAN SEWELL, Associated PressDecember 27, 2015

Volatile, racially sensitive questions of whether to charge police officers for fatal on-duty shootings, and whether jurors will convict an officer in such a case, hang over two of Ohio’s largest cities. A Hamilton County judge is expected in February to set a trial date for a former University of Cincinnati police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist after a traffic stop. Meanwhile, a Cuyahoga County grand jury has been hearing testimony about potential charges in the Cleveland police killing of a 12-year-old black boy who had a pellet gun. The cases come

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City Dismisses Case Against Freelance Journalist

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 25, 2015

With a trial date set for December 15, today representatives from Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office moved to dismiss misdemeanor criminal charges against freelance journalist Jasmyne Cannick. Cannick, 38, was charged with three counts of resisting a police officer resulting from being arrested on November 26, 2014 during what the Los Angeles Police Department referred to as the Ferguson protests.

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Familiar Faces from Ferguson Fellowship at Vigil for Mansur Ball-Bey

Kenya Vaughn, Special to the NNPA from The St. Louis AmericanAugust 28, 2015

“Hey, how have you been,” said Cathy Daniels, affectionately known to Ferguson protesters as “Mama Cat.” She walked around greeting people Thursday night at the intersection of Page and Walton – near where 18 year-old Mansur Ball-Bey was fatally wounded by St. Louis City Police around noon the day before. “It’s been a long time,” she said recognizing a face she had become familiar with during the thick of the Ferguson protests. There were about 150 who had gathered in the Fountain Park neighborhood of St. Louis City for a vigil in Ball-Bey’s memory. The vigil itself was extremely brief.

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Ferguson spurs 40 new state measures; activists want more

DAVID A. LIEB, Associated PressAugust 6, 2015

When a white Ferguson policeman fatally shot a black 18-year-old nearly a year ago, the St. Louis suburb erupted in violent protests and the nation took notice. Since then, legislators in almost every state have proposed changes to the way police interact with the public. The result: Twenty-four states have passed at least 40 new measures addressing such things as officer-worn cameras, training about racial bias, independent investigations when police use force and new limits on the flow of surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Despite all that action,

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March, civil disobedience planned next month in Ferguson

Jim Suhr and Jim Salter, Associated PressJuly 29, 2015

A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being planned for next month in Ferguson to mark the first anniversary of the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer, an event that galvanized the “Black Lives Matter” movement.