America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, appears on Breaking The Set with Abby Martin to discuss the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri. Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Listen to Ring of Fire on Saturdays from 3pm-6pm Eastern! Listen live via the Progressive Voices Channel on TuneIn. Or find a station here. Watch Ring of Fire every Sunday at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific on Free Speech...
Read MoreLast night, a grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting and death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. This story, however, is far from over. Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio discusses this on the Ed Schultz Podcast. Subscribe to Ed Schultz’s podcast here. Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Listen to Ring of Fire on Saturdays from 3pm-6pm Eastern! Listen live via the Progressive Voices Channel on TuneIn. Or find a station here. Watch Ring of Fire every Sunday at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific on Free Speech...
Read MoreReposted with permission from RawStory.com By Arturo Garcia St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced on Monday night that a grand jury decided there was no probable cause for indicting Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown, NBC News reported. The fatal shooting on Aug. 9 was the flashpoint for demonstrations both in the community, located near St. Louis, and around the country. Wilson quickly went into hiding and was not arrested following the incident, which critics said exemplified the normalization of police violence against community of color. This story has been updated....
Read MoreA video has recently surfaced showing Darren Wilson, the cop from Ferguson, Missouri who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, threatening and arresting a man who had asked to videotape their conversation. Wilson told the the man, “If you wanna take a picture of me one more time, I’m gonna lock your ass up.” Watch the video of their...
Read MoreThis article originally appeared on The Raw Story. During the first city council meeting in Ferguson, Missouri since Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, black residents powerfully responded to how the city dealt with the shooting. A young man in a “Peace Keeper” t-shirt who introduced himself as “Mike Brown from Ground Zero” said that the problem with the white people at the meeting who claim to speak for the entire city “do not represent us.” Although whites only make up 29 percent of Ferguson’s population, five of the six sitting city council members are white, as is Mayor James Knowles....
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