politics Ferguson, Missouri elected its first black mayor who is also the first female mayor David Pescovitz

police St Louis cops indicted for beating up a "protester" who turned out to be an undercover cop Cory Doctorow

video Activists teaching Australian Aboriginals to protect themselves by recording their interactions with law enforcement Séamus Bellamy

law States suspend your driver's license over inability to pay court fines, costing you your job and any ability to repay Cory Doctorow

#blacklivesmatter Quantifying the additional killings commited by cops when they get military weapons Cory Doctorow

class war How America abandoned the only policy that consistently closes the black-white educational gap Cory Doctorow

crime How racist traffic stops criminalize black people, and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

class war The blacker a city is, the more it fines its residents (especially black ones) Cory Doctorow

corruption FBI Director: viral videos make cops afraid to do their jobs Cory Doctorow

corruption Ferguson spends itself into the poor-house defending cops' dirty "failure to comply" busts Cory Doctorow

crime Terrorists torch five black Ferguson-area churches, nation yawns Cory Doctorow

#blacklivesmatter Justice for All: Thousands march on Washington to protest killings by police, racial profiling Xeni Jardin