Ferguson Police Department

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The Ferguson Police Department has suspended a spokesman after he referred to the Michael Brown memorial as "a pile of trash." A statement the city provided to the Associated Press on Sunday didn't identify the officer who made the remark to the Washington Post...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A person briefed on the matter says the Justice Department plans to open an investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department. The person said the investigation, which follows a police officer's shooting of an unarmed black man on August 9th, could be announced as early as today...