U.S. Department of Justice

Members of the Justice Department’s civil rights team will meet with Ferguson residents Thursday night in the first of several such meetings following the…

Why did the Justice Department conclude that Michael Brown didn’t cry out “Don’t shoot” and that, if he had his hands up, it was only for a moment before…

St. Louis Alderman Antonio French was one of the most visible people in Ferguson, the city and related social media, last summer and fall after the…

Ferguson may already be having an impact on how officials elsewhere respond to incidents involving racial tensions. That's the opinion of U.S. Sen. Claire…

Update 03/13/15 at 10:30 a.m. Ron Brockmeyer has resigned as city prosecutor in Florissant and Vinita Park. He had earlier resigned from the municipal…

The Ferguson police department is likely facing stricter federal oversight of its police department after a scathing report from the U.S. Department of…

The Ferguson police department and municipal court engaged in such a widespread pattern of unconstitutional conduct that it lost the trust of the people,…

Seven months after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, the U.S. Department of Justice today released two investigations -…

(Updated at 7:30 p.m. with comments from St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch)The U.S. Justice Department’s report into the fatal of shooting of…

Details from a federal civil rights investigation of the Ferguson Police Department began to emerge Tuesday. Reports say the Department of Justice's…