Topic - Thomas Jackson

Related Stories

In this photo taken May 2, 2018, Roberto Rotgers, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J., uses a grinder to smooth out a weld during a certification test at Cape May County Technical High School in Cape May Court House, N.J. Rotgers spent 26 years working in the casino industry in Atlantic City and found the welding class through employment services. (Dale Gerhard/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)

Welding program offers gateway to growing field

By CLAIRE LOWE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2014, file photo, Dorian Johnson leaves church at the end of the funeral service for his friend, Michael Brown, in St. Louis. A federal appeals court on Tuesday, July 25, 2017, upheld a judge's refusal to throw out a lawsuit against Ferguson by the Johnson who was with Brown when a police officer shot Brown to death three years ago, calling the officer's use of force unreasonable. Johnson argues that as he walked with Brown on a Ferguson street, Darren Wilson illegally detained him by using his police vehicle to block their path. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Appeals court lets suit by Michael Brown’s friend press on

By JIM SUHR - Associated Press

Andre Anderson leaves at the end of a news conference announcing him as the interim chief of the Ferguson Police Department, Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Anderson becomes the second interim chief since Police Chief Thomas Jackson stepped down in March. Anderson previously was police commander in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Andre Anderson, black police commander, hired by Ferguson as interim chief

By Jim Suhr - Associated Press

Police canvass the area as they investigate the scene where two police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

2 officers shot in Ferguson, St. Louis County police confirm

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

Ferguson, Missouri, Police Chief Thomas Jackson issued a video Thursday apologizing to the parents of Michael Brown and the black community for any mistrust they may feel toward the police department. (CNN)

Ferguson police chief apologizes to community: ‘I take full responsibility’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Police in riot gear watch protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson residents begin using body cameras

Associated Press

Smoke from a tire burnout rises over protestors on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Ferguson store looted early Saturday; Brown was accused of robbing same location

Associated Press

Capt. Ronald Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol hugs Angela Whitman, of Berkeley, Mo., on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of the St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

Police: Teen shot by cop suspect in recent robbery

By DAVID A. LIEB and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER - Associated Press

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The police chief in the St. Louis suburb where an officer fatally shot an unarmed teenager said Wednesday that cyber-attacks on his city's website won't sway him into releasing the officer's name. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson police get racial training after shooting

Associated Press

Police in tactical gear stand in a street Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Racial tensions have run high in in the predominantly black city of Ferguson, following the shooting death by police of Michael Brown, 18, an unarmed black man. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Despite hackers, chief won’t ID cop in shooting

Associated Press

A group demonstrates along and in the middle of Chambers Rd. outside the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church after the conclusion of a gathering with Michael Brown's family and Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Dellwood. The gathering at the church was in response to the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Saturday. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee)

Protests turn violent in St. Louis suburb

By Jim Suhr and Jim Salter - Associated Press

Ohio businessmen accused in investment scheme

Associated Press

Defendants Wonzey Saffold, left, James Davis, center, and Latrez Cummings go before Judge Thomas Jackson, retired at Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Detroit. The four men who were accused of punching and kicking motorist, Steve Utash, who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy, were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Trial ordered for 4 charged in Detroit mob attack

By ED WHITE - Associated Press