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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…

Just a week after 22-year-old Bobbi Kristina Brown was laid to rest amid extreme family drama comes this: an allegation that she was killed. Her court-appointed conservator, Bedelia Hargrove, on Friday amended a lawsuit to add a wrongful death claim alleging that Brown’s longtime boyfriend, Nick Gordon, gave her a “toxic cocktail” after an argument…

Arlington, Texas, police fatally shot a 19-year-old college student who they claim broke into a car dealership early Friday morning, but some members of the dead man’s family find the police version of the story hard to believe. According to the Star-Telegram, around 1 a.m. Friday, police were notified of a burglary in progress at…