These new statements are part of a civil lawsuit that Michael Brown's family has filed against Wilson, the City of Ferguson and the St. Louis County Police Department.

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What makes the video the source of ire for protesters is that after Brown’s death at the hands of Police Officer Darren Wilson, who was not charged in Brown’s death, police released surveillance footage from the Ferguson Market, allegedly showing Brown pushing one of the clerks—participating in what the police called a “strong-armed robbery”—and supposedly justifying the officer's use of force against the unarmed teen.

A federal judge has scheduled an October 2016 trial for the wrongful death lawsuit brought against the city of Ferguson by Michael Brown Jr.’s parents after…

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A dark abyss. If someone were to ask me where I was on August 9, 2014 – before I received news that yet another black…

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We still have quite a way to go… According to MappingPoliceViolence.org, police in the United States have killed 184 Black people in 2015. It’s daunting…

A new survey is revealing that Americans feel like Blacks were treated more fairly in 2007 than now.

I’m no longer certain what’s more taxing: Having to write about yet another unarmed Black person experiencing excessive, brutal force from law enforcement, or having…

Yesterday, on a very special edition of 106 & Park, the focus was on recent events surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, featuring an interview with President Obama.…

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Now that he’s gotten away with fatally shooting the unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown, Darren Wilson has started to step out in order to tell “his…