ST. LOUIS (AP) – The mother of Michael Brown says she’ll never forget the day a police officer killed her son in Ferguson. Lezley McSpadden says she was taking a cigarette break from her grocery store job in Clayton, another St. Louis suburb, when a friend called to say someone had been shot near Canfield…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Ferguson is seeking to replace a city prosecutor criticized by a federal probe of the north county town’s justice system after the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown. The city posted an advertisement for Stephanie Karr’s replacement on its website Tuesday: The City of Ferguson, Missouri, is accepting proposals for municipal…
( KTRS ) Reforms will be coming quickly now that a federal judge has approved a settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Ferguson. Ferguson saw months of unrest following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in August, 2014. Federal Judge Catherine Perry issued her ruling approving the agreement Tuesday after…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Ferguson voters have approved one tax increase but rejected another, creating uncertainty about whether the town where 18-year-old Michael Brown died in a 2014 police shooting will be able to afford changes required in a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Complete, unofficial results show voters in the Missouri town…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Implementation of Ferguson’s settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice is at stake as voters in the St. Louis suburb consider two tax hike proposals. Mayor James Knowles III says passage of both a sales and property tax increase in Tuesday’s election are crucial if Ferguson is going to pay for…
( KTRS ) Some Ferguson, residents are challenging the city’s decision to reject a federal agreement to overhaul its police department and municipal courts. The Ferguson City Council met, last night, for the first time since its members voted unanimously two weeks earlier to turn down a consent decree negotiated with the Justice Department. That…
( KTRS ) Ferguson residents have mixed feelings about a proposed agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that calls for changes to police practices. About 100 people crammed into Ferguson City Hall chambers Tuesday for the first public meeting since the proposal was announced last week, more were turned away due to lack of space.…
( KTRS ) Ferguson residents are getting their say on a settlement city leaders negotiated with the U.S. Department of Justice that calls for sweeping changes to police practices. The first public meeting on the proposed consent decree will be Tuesday night at 7pm, at the Ferguson city hall, a second comment session is scheduled…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The charge of the Ferguson Commission is coming to an end. The Commission is set to disband on Thursday December 31st. The work will continue through the partnership of Focus St. Louis and former Ferguson Commission members and staff. This transition is entitled “Forward Through Ferguson Design.” Back in November of 2014,…
WASHINGTON (AP) – A person familiar with the matter says the Justice Department is close to an agreement with the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, about making widespread changes within the agency. Such an overhaul could avert a civil rights lawsuit that federal officials have the option to bring against departments that resist changing their…