By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle […]
By TAMI ABDOLLAH LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police fatally shot a homeless man on Skid Row during a “brutal” videotaped struggle in which a rookie officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Jackson police have charged two of their own with grand larceny. Two 25-year-olds, Willis Thomas and Rodney Vaughn, have been fired from the Jackson police force and charged in connection with […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for April 14 in an appeal from a man convicted in the 2010 death of George County Sheriff Garry Welford. The state Court of […]
(AP) For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black president plans a speech Saturday from the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Two people were injured after being shot Saturday at a Charlotte nightclub where rappers T.I., Young Jeezy and Yo Gotti were advertised to appear, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police spokesman said. The Charlotte […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Chris McDaniel, a tea party-backed Republican who lost a U.S. Senate race last year, says he’s seeking re-election to the Mississippi Legislature. The 43-year-old attorney from Ellisville said Thursday that he […]
By STACY A. ANDERSON WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday celebrated what he called “the central role that African-Americans have played in every aspect of American life.”Obama was joined by his wife, Michelle, as […]
By Lonnie Ross Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith announced this afternoon that he will be seeking his third term in that post. Smith was first sworn in as the District Attorney for Hinds […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps and businessman Cecil McCrory are pleading guilty on federal corruption charges. Epps pleaded guilty to a count of money laundering conspiracy and a count of […]
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