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• Speakers assure Justice for All crowds the ‘spirit of revolution’ won’t be pacified
• Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting
• NYC police union launches campaign to keep mayor away from funerals
• Protesters of police killings march on DC
• Multiple attacks kill 19 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms
• Ho, ho, holdup! Bank robbers get busy during holidays
• Thousands of protesters expected in Washington, NYC over police killings
• Indonesia landslide kills 18, leaves 90 missing
• 2 U.S. troops, court official killed in Afghanistan
• 8 dead, 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official
• After racial tumult, NBA opens floor to social activism
• Three teens, man shot outside Portland, Oregon, high school
• New York protesters 'blow the whistle' at police stations
• New York protesters to stage mass whistle-blowing at police stations
• Adrian Peterson's request to be reinstated is denied
• Three teens shot near Portland, Oregon high school

Speakers assure Justice for All crowds the ‘spirit of revolution’ won’t be pacified Posted: 13 Dec 2014 11:02 AM PST Civil rights activists told the gathering crowd for the Justice for All March in our nation's capital that they are 'sick and tired of being sick and tired.'

Missouri prosecutor releases more evidence from Ferguson shooting Posted: 13 Dec 2014 10:46 AM PST (Reuters) - A Missouri prosecutor on Saturday made public two dozen documents related to the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager killed by a white police officer, saying his office had inadvertently held them back. St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCullough released 23 documents, including a transcript of an interview authorities had with Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown in August when the unarmed 18-year-old was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, in Ferguson. The incident set off days of sometimes violent protests in the St. Louis suburb. A grand jury on Nov. ...

NYC police union launches campaign to keep mayor away from funerals Posted: 13 Dec 2014 09:23 AM PST By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's police union is showing its displeasure with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the head of the city council by starting a campaign to keep the two politicians away from funerals of fallen officers. The campaign follows harsh criticism of de Blasio by Patrick Lynch, the head of the union, who said the mayor had failed to support the police after a grand jury decided against indicting a white officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Since the grand jury decision on Dec. ...

Protesters of police killings march on DC Posted: 13 Dec 2014 09:07 AM PST More than 10,000 protesters converged on the nation's capital Saturday to help bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and call for legislative action.

Multiple attacks kill 19 in Afghanistan as NATO deadline looms Posted: 13 Dec 2014 07:11 AM PST Taliban insurgents killed at least 19 people in a series of gun and suicide attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, underlining worsening security as US-led NATO forces end their combat mission in the country.

Ho, ho, holdup! Bank robbers get busy during holidays Posted: 13 Dec 2014 04:19 AM PST By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - End-of-year holidays mean a lot of things - Santa, carols, parties, cards and gifts. They also mean more bank robberies. The number of holdups at U.S. banks tends to rise in December as crooks, some of them spurred by holiday consumerism, turn to robbery in the weeks leading up to Christmas, according to the FBI and security experts. The trend is so pronounced that the FBI's regional office in Washington, D.C., told banks last month to be on their guard. It also warned would-be robbers that police were focused on thwarting bank stickups. ...

Thousands of protesters expected in Washington, NYC over police killings Posted: 13 Dec 2014 03:15 AM PST By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators were expected in Washington and New York on Saturday to protest the killings of unarmed black men by U.S. police and to urge Congress to protect citizens. Organizers said the protests would be among the largest over police tactics and the killings of black males by officers in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Missouri. The lack of criminal charges from grand juries in the New York and Ferguson cases have galvanized protests around the United States. ...

Indonesia landslide kills 18, leaves 90 missing Posted: 13 Dec 2014 01:56 AM PST BANJARNEGARA, Indonesia (AP) — A mudslide set off by torrential rains rushed down hills into a village in central Indonesia and swept away scores of homes, killing at least 18 people and leaving 90 others missing, officials said Saturday.

2 U.S. troops, court official killed in Afghanistan Posted: 13 Dec 2014 12:50 AM PST Separate insurgent attacks are part of a surging wave of militant assaults ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops.

8 dead, 100 missing in Indonesian landslide: official Posted: 12 Dec 2014 10:21 PM PST A landslide triggered by torrential downpours has killed at least 12 people and left nearly 100 others missing on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday. Hundreds of rescuers were digging through mud and rubble after the landslide buried scores of houses in Jemblung village in central Java late Friday, the national disaster agency said. Disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said it was unclear whether those missing were buried under the landslide or had taken refuge. Landslides triggered by heavy rains and floods are common in tropical Indonesia during the rainy season.

After racial tumult, NBA opens floor to social activism Posted: 12 Dec 2014 09:33 PM PST By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When a wave of the NBA's biggest stars donned "I can't breathe" shirts - the rallying cry of demonstrators against U.S. policing tactics in black communities - it highlighted the power and influence wielded by today's professional basketball stars. The pre-game actions this week of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose, observers say, spring from their outsized celebrity, enormous wealth and shared sense of social activism. Behind the scenes stands a new commissioner who has let players mix sports and social issues so far without consequence. ...

Three teens, man shot outside Portland, Oregon, high school Posted: 12 Dec 2014 06:33 PM PST

New York protesters 'blow the whistle' at police stations Posted: 12 Dec 2014 05:43 PM PST By Sebastien Malo and Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demonstrators staged mass "whistle-blowing" rallies outside police stations across New York City on Friday to start a second weekend of planned protests against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman. In Harlem, about three dozen protesters marched past public housing projects where they say police abuse is particularly pervasive before rallying outside a local police station house. There, the crowd blew metal whistles, piercing the cold air with the high-pitch shrill. ...

New York protesters to stage mass whistle-blowing at police stations Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:30 PM PST By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest wave of protests in New York against the killing of an unarmed black man by a white patrolman began on Friday with a visual demonstration by artists in Times Square and a rally outside City Hall. As hundreds of tourists and shoppers watched, protesters held up stark, black signs with white lettering bearing the names of more than 100 people who organizers say were victims of police violence. The artists are members of a Brooklyn-based collective called We Will Not Be Silent. ...

Adrian Peterson's request to be reinstated is denied Posted: 12 Dec 2014 03:14 PM PST

Three teens shot near Portland, Oregon high school Posted: 12 Dec 2014 02:09 PM PST By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Three teenagers were shot on Friday outside a Portland, Oregon high school, police said, and officers were searching for at least one suspect who was believed to have left the scene following the gunfire. All three victims of the shooting outside Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland, two boys and one girl, were "conscious and breathing" as they were rushed to a local hospital, the Portland Police Bureau said in a tweet. Police said the shooting suspect ran from the scene. ...

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