Tag: Jay Nixon

• Thursday, November 27th 2014 - 07:15 UTC

  Racial relations becomes political debate in the US following the Ferguson trial and verdict

  

  More National Guard troops and police have been sent to Ferguson, Missouri to head off a third night of violence, as over 400 people have been arrested in the St. Louis suburb and around the United States in unrest after a white policeman was cleared in the killing of an unarmed black teenager.

• Tuesday, November 18th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  National Guard ready to act in Missouri waiting for jury decision on killing of black teenager

  

  The governor of the US state of Missouri has activated the state's National Guard in anticipation of a grand jury decision over the killing of an unarmed black teenager. In a statement, Jay Nixon said the guard will “support law enforcement's efforts to maintain peace”.