Ferguson and the media (Video)

 Listening Post examines racial conflict and social divisions in the US and how those issues are reported. Helping us to understand how the media reported Ferguson are: Mikki Kendall, a writer; Lizz Brown, a columnist for the St Louis American; Byron Tau, a reporter for Politico; Rashad Robinson, the executive director of Color of Change; and Ash-har Quraishi, a correspondent for Al Jazeera America.

The Trews: Russell Brand – Welcome To The Sean Hannity School Of Bullying (Video)

 Sean Hannity is at it again, this time in a condescending interview with a local Committeewoman in Ferguson, St Louis, following protests over the shooting of teenager Michael Brown.

The Trews: Russell Brand – Is White Supremacy The Real Offender? (Video)

 This episode focuses on the ongoing conflict in Ferguson, St Louis, where demonstrations continue following the police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown and now a second African-American man.

The Trews Comments: Russell Brand – What’s Behind Ferguson Protests? (VIDEO)

 Russell Brand The Trews Comments Edition (E124).
I respond to comments and questions. Today’s edition focusses on responses to yesterday’s episode about the protests in Ferguson, St Louis, following the shooting of Michael Brown.

America Is Not For Black People

By: Greg Howard

Source: http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/

The United States of America is not for black people. We know this, and then we put it out of our minds, and then something happens to remind us. Saturday, in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo., something like that happened: An unarmed 18-year-old black man was executed by police in broad daylight.

By now, what’s happening in Ferguson is about so many second-order issues—systemic racism, the militarization of police work, and how citizens can redress grievances, among other things—that it’s worth remembering what actually happened here.

Police Shooting of Mike Brown, An Unarmed Black Teenager, Sparks Anti-Police Brutality Uprising in Missouri

By: James Achisa and Shante Wooten

Source: http://countercurrentnews.com/

In response to the police shooting that killed an unarmed African-American teen, Michael Brown, protests in St. Louis have turned into a veritable uprising. 

Eighteen-year-old Brown was shot to death by an unidentified Ferguson police officer on Saturday afternoon. The St. Louis County Police are doubling down on their claim that Brown physically assaulted the officer who confronted him for reasons that appear to be a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.