St. Louis Police have been engaged in a quasi-state of martial law, arresting and assaulting bystanders, member of the media and even an undercover police officer.
The ACLU accuses police of “unacceptable, unlawful” behavior as protests continue unabated against the acquittal of an ex-cop charged with murder.
Despite an estimated 140 arrests over the past weekend, demonstrators in St. Louis aren't letting up in their protests against police violence. They have taken to the streets for the fourth consecutive day to denounce the not-guilty verdict given to a former officer for the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old
Activists have vowed a Ferguson-like, drawn out protest if Stockley was found not guilty. Though specific plans weren’t made public, the activists said they would concentrate on peacefully disrupting business.
A St. Louis judge issued a not-guilty verdict Friday to the white former police officer who killed a black motorist six years ago, leading dozens of protesters to take to the streets downtown. Jason Stockley, 36, was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the December 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar
The injured people in St. Louis were taking part in a candlelight march for Kenny “Kiwi” Herring, a black transgender woman who was shot and killed by St. Louis police on Tuesday.
Less than two weeks after a driver in Charlottesville, Virginia slammed into a crowd of counter-protesters demonstrating against a rally held by white nationalists, killing a 32-year-old woman, on Wednesday night a driver in St. Louis was taken into custody after hitting three protesters who blocked traffic during a march for a
The first-degree murder trial of Jason Stockley will be decided by a judge rather than a jury despite objections from prosecutors.
A white former St. Louis police officer charged with killing a black man "executed" him after a car chase, then planted a gun in the slain drug suspect's vehicle as an excuse for opening fire, a prosecutor told a court Tuesday. But an attorney for the officer denied the prosecutor's allegations during opening statements in the first-degree
The Republican presidential candidate has been increasingly criticized for inciting violence among his supporters.
The police had to escort a bloodied Black man out of a Donald Trump rally Friday in St. Louis, Missouri. Other violent incidents at the event were also reported on social media and local media. Videos showed angry supporters shouting racist and sexist slurs, as well as people inciting violence. At least one person was
Five of the churches are predominantly black, and one is racially mixed. In each case, the front doors were set on fire, leaving damage that ranged from virtually nothing at one church to the near destruction of another.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are stepping up patrols and trying to develop profiles of possible suspects in a spate of fires that have damaged six churches in largely black neighborhoods during the past two weeks, the city's police chief said. Sam Dotson also told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (
