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Campus officers in Compton, Calif., have been authorized to carry AR-15 assault rifles, KPCC reports. The argument in favor of the military-issued assault weapons, which follows a vote that the school board passed in July, is that campus officers are currently not adequately equipped to handle a terrorist attack or mass shooting, according to Compton…

The grandfather of slain Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown called the lack of an arrest in his grandson’s killing “1,000 percent wrong” in an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC. “It’s 1,000 percent wrong. If you take the scenario and turn it around, if I was to go out there and brutally murder…

Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Mo., police officer who killed unarmed teen Michael Brown on Aug. 9, has enjoyed his share of supporters, and a Missouri chapter of the Ku Klux Klan is adding its voice to the mix, USA Today reports. “All money will go to the cop who did his job against the Negro…

While the death of unarmed teen Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., continues to grip the nation, protesters gathered outside the Los Angeles Police Department’s headquarters Sunday to demand answers in the shooting death of Ezell Ford, an unarmed, 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by police last week. According to the New York Daily…

Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson told those gathered at a press conference early Tuesday morning that two men had been shot in Ferguson, but noted that the police were not involved in the shooting. He also stated that 31 people were arrested after another tense night between police and protesters that saw the streets…

As protests continue in Ferguson, Mo., calling for justice in the slaying of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, activists from the United States, most notably Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, and Ron Davis, the father of Jordan Davis, were in Geneva as part of a delegation calling for a United Nations committee to review…

Michael Brown, an African-American teenager, was shot six times and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, during a stop for jaywalking in Ferguson, Mo. Some facts are uncontroverted: Brown was unarmed when he was shot about 35 feet away from Wilson, who didn’t know that Brown was a suspect in an alleged shoplifting…

Three teen siblings from Georgia — Caleb, Ima and Asha Christian — have released an app that could bring about more police accountability, reports Black Youth Project. The Five-O app will allow users to rate their interactions with police officers. Released on Monday, the app comes at a pertinent time as protesters rally in Ferguson,…

Trayvon Martin’s father, Tracy Martin, knows a bit about what Michael Brown’s family is feeling. Brown was unarmed on Aug. 9 when he was fatally shot by a police officer in his hometown of Ferguson, Mo.  During an appearance Sunday on MSNBC’s Weekends With Alex Witt, Tracy Martin pointed out the similarities between the character…