Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
Today we talk with Hassan Giordano about a book that could cripple Hillary's campaign. Also, we will talk with 2Steel Girls, and Joe Hobika is on to talk about Utica politics.
A video depicting a younger Michael Brown (the teen who was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer sparking riots and protests across the country) beating an elderly man over a stolen backpack has been sweeping social media; but, is it really Michael Brown...
NEW YORK (AP) — The police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere — and the investigations and tumultuous protests they inspired — was the top news story of 2014, according to The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
BERKELEY, CA (AP) — Hundreds of protesters are blocking a major highway and train tracks in the latest demonstration in Northern California against grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men.
DENVER (AP) — Denver's mayor says he is proud of students who have staged protests over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner but now he's urging them to stay in school.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will discuss the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others Monday.
A handful of residents gathered early Tuesday evening at the corner of Genesee and Pleasant Streets in Utica to protest the grand jury's decision in Ferguson, Missouri not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests.