Another white officer, another black shooting
This may be America, but the video that shows the shooting of Walter Scott most echoes Soweto.
This may be America, but the video that shows the shooting of Walter Scott most echoes Soweto.
For protest organisers like Johnetta Elzie, everything comes back to Michael Brown. She told me: “The start of this movement is because of one dead black boy in the street for four and a half hours.”
it was an unscripted aside that ended up revealing the most in President Obama’s State of the Union address: “I have no more campaigns to run.”
Revealing nominees for its major awards last week, the Academy suffered a massive diversity failure. elcome to post-racial America.
At the protests, they chanted “I can’t breathe” over and over. They were Eric Garner’s last words. The chant that echoed around Grand Central Station? “New York is Ferguson. Ferguson is New York.”
Anti-police protests continue across America after the Michael Brown killing. But does the black community have tough questions to answer too?
America watches as anger in Ferguson continues to rage, and spreads to the other parts of the country – but are they getting the whole truth?
Ferguson was ablaze last night after it emerged that a policeman who shot dead a black teenager will not be charged. Is Michael Brown’s killing an isolated case?
So the grand jury spoke. And what followed was protest and anger and a sense that there was never any other way this was going to fall.
Preparations are in place in Ferguson, Missouri, to step up action on the streets after it was decided not to press charges against the policeman who killed teenager Michael Brown.
A month after Michael Brown was fatally shot six times by a white police officer, Kylie Morris visits Ferguson, Missouri, where it happened.
Social media and police tactics have combined to turn the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, into an intractable conflict that shows no sign of going away.
If you’re wondering why Ferguson, Missouri, suddenly looks like a war zone, it’s not only got to do with the aggressive stance of the county police but also their weaponry.