What's Happening in Ferguson, Missouri?

Dorian Johnson appears in court for misdemeanor charge.

Michael Brown Shooting Witness Appears in Court - Dorian Johnson, who witnessed the shooting of his friend Michael Brown, appeared in court on Monday (June 15), on a misdemeanor charge in an unrelated incident. A hearing has been rescheduled for mid-July. Johnson was arrested in May, on suspicion of drugs and resisting arrest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Johnson has also sued Darren Wilson and the city of Ferguson. In the court documents, he claims that he was wrongfully stopped and shot at by former officer Wilson. Find out what else is happening in Ferguson, Missouri. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) (Photo: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT/Landov)  
Attorney Hired to Handle Reform in Ferguson - Ferguson City Council hired attorney Dan K. Webb in March for an hourly rate of $1,335 to negotiate and litigate reforms that the Justice Department passed down since the killing of Michael Brown in August 2014, according to the Associated Press. Webb is getting paid almost double what the highest attorney in Missouri was paid last year.    (Photo: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Protests in Support of Baltimore - Protesters were out in Ferguson Tuesday night in solidarity with those demonstrating in Baltimore for Justice for Freddie Gray. Several dozen were out on West Florissant Avenue. There was also reportedly two people shot Tuesday and early Wednesday, but the investigators have not linked those incidents to the protests, AP reported. A gas station was also looted early Wednesday.   (Photo: David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)/content/dam/betcom/images/2014/09/National-09-01-09-15/090914-National-Michael-Brown-Parents-Others-call-For-Darren-Wilsons-Arrest.jpg

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Michael Brown Shooting Witness Appears in Court - Dorian Johnson, who witnessed the shooting of his friend Michael Brown, appeared in court on Monday (June 15), on a misdemeanor charge in an unrelated incident. A hearing has been rescheduled for mid-July. Johnson was arrested in May, on suspicion of drugs and resisting arrest, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Johnson has also sued Darren Wilson and the city of Ferguson. In the court documents, he claims that he was wrongfully stopped and shot at by former officer Wilson. Find out what else is happening in Ferguson, Missouri. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) (Photo: Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT/Landov)  

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