FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Delrish Moss experienced the worst of policing growing up in inner-city Miami. Those close to him say that makes him the ideal person to bring the best of it to Ferguson, Missouri, where African-American mistrust of police dates long before the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. Moss, a 51-year-old black man,…
( KTRS ) A veteran Miami police officer with two decades of experience will take over as Ferguson’s police chief, hoping to help the city heal as it rebounds after the fatal 2014 police shooting of Michael Brown. Miami Police Maj. Delrish Moss was announced as chief Thursday. He will be in charge of a mostly…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – The mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, says the city will be “highly unlikely” to fully comply with terms of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice if voters fail to approve two tax increases. Mayor James Knowles III told The Associated Press Wednesday that passage of both a sales tax and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The public will get an opportunity for comment on the proposed settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Ferguson at a hearing next month. The hearing will be at 9:30 a.m. April 19 in Courtroom 3 North of the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis. U.S.…
( KTRS ) The Ferguson City Council has unanimously agreed to accept a U.S. Justice Department plan to overhaul its embattled police force and municipal court system. Elected leaders in the city, where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown helped spark the Black Lives Matter movement, voted Tuesday night to approve the DOJ consent…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ferguson is closer to resolving a civil rights lawsuit with the U.S. Justice Department. The City Council in the St. Louis suburb where the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown sparked unrest gave a first reading Tuesday to a measure that would approve an agreement with the Justice Department. The deal…
(KTRS) – The Ferguson City Council may reconsider a proposed settlement with the Department of Justice this week. Late Friday, the city got a letter from the DOJ that promised that any overhaul to the police force and municipal court would not create an unmanageable financial burden. In a statement today, Mayor James Knowles III…
The city expects to announce the new chief by April
( 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…
Mayor James Knowles says the agency knew Ferguson officials wanted community input about the settlement