WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department enters its court fight against the city of Ferguson with the apparent upper hand given a months-long investigation that found vast problems in the way police and courts treat poor people and minorities in the St. Louis suburb. The Justice Department will look to prove in court the same…
(KTRS/AP) – The Department of Justice is officially suing the city of Ferguson. Tuesday night the city council voted to amend an agreement with the DOJ aimed improving police and court practices. Federal officials say Ferguson residents have waited a year for the city to adopt the agreement and should not be force to wait…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – New estimates show Ferguson’s cost of implementing reforms spelled out in a consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice could approach $4 million in the first year alone. This further raises questions about whether the community thrust into the national spotlight after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown can…
( 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…
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…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – Top Missouri Highway Patrol commanders and Ferguson police returned to the scene of sometimes violent protests after Michael Brown’s shooting death – not to make widespread arrests or to deploy tear gas, but to help an anonymous benefactor spread some unexpected holiday cheer. The secret Santa is a Kansas City businessman…
( KTRS ) The city Ferguson has announced the hiring of a new city manager. According to a statement, released late Tuesday night, the city council chose De’Carlon Seewood. Seewood will fill the vacancy created when former City Manager John Shaw resigned in March following a scathing report by the U.S. Department of Justice over racial profiling…
(KTRS) – Activists and organizers are coming together to find ways to hold elected officials accountable for implementing suggestions from the Ferguson Commission. More than a thousand people gathered for a strategy session this weekend at Saint Louis University. The Ferguson Commission delivered a report to Governor Jay Nixon with policy recommendations on how to…
