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A year ago, an unarmed teenager was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer. For days following the shooting, Ferguson became embroiled in protests, complete with militarized police patrolling the streets. On Sunday night, the Ferguson of now looked a lot like the Ferguson of old as what had been considered a peaceful…

Marcus Bradley, a deliver driver for a Lowe’s store in Virginia, says he was shocked Aug. 3 when a manager called to let him know he couldn’t make a drop-off. “I got a phone call on the phone telling me to bring the delivery back, saying that I couldn’t do the delivery,” Bradley told Fox…

In a move filled with more symbolism than actual substance, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has announced that Confederate Memorial Day and Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday have been erased from the state’s official 2016 holiday calendar, according to the American Journal-Constitution. Both days were replaced with the more neutral term “state holiday,” according to emails…

One year after unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., family and activists gathered Sunday to commemorate the shooting that touched off a movement against police violence. Scores gathered Sunday to participate in 4.5 minutes of silence and a silent march to Greater St. Mark’s church,…

Arlington, Texas, Police Chief Will Johnson said Saturday that he spoke with the FBI’s Dallas office after a white officer shot and killed Christian Taylor, an unarmed black 19-year-old, at a car dealership, according to the New York Daily News. Johnson said he asked federal investigators to help determine any possible criminal case or policy…

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, whose shooting helped catapult a movement against police violence onto the global stage, protesters overtook a presidential rally to continue to make their voices heard. Activists associated with Black Lives Matter took over the stage at a rally for Vermont Sen. Bernie…

A 49-year-old Texas officer with just 11 months on the job shot and killed unarmed college student Christian Taylor, 19, who police claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, according to the Dallas Morning News. Arlington Police Officer Brad Miller, 49, started in the department in September, the report says. Until now his…

Police dash-cam video footage released this week sheds new light on events leading up to the slaying of unarmed Jonathan Ferrell, who was shot and killed by an officer in September 2013 while seeking help after a car accident, according to NBC News. Randall Kerrick, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police officer who shot and killed Ferrell,…

A police Facebook group reportedly posted a mocking memorial tribute to Michael Brown, the unarmed teen whose death last year in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a movement against police violence against blacks, according to Raw Story. Ahead of the first anniversary of Brown’s Aug. 9 death at the hands of then-Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, the Facebook…