Police Shootings

ArchCity’s Fatal State Violence project found that from 2009 to 2019, at least 132 people have been killed by police in the St. Louis region. The group uses the analysis to support their calls to action.

Arch City Defenders’ “Fatal State Violence” project counted deaths occurring in jails and at the hands of police in cities from St. Louis to Jefferson County. Now it’s expanding its mission into a rapid response team.

A St. Louis police officer shot and killed Cortez Bufford in December 2019. He claimed self-defense. But journalist Alison Flowers believes her forensic analysis demonstrates that he could not have been telling the truth.

DeValkenaere is the first Kansas City law enforcement officer to be convicted for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Following the conviction, the department suspended DeValkenaere without pay.

The officer approached what he believed to be a stolen vehicle when the suspect began shooting.

On Dec. 12, 2019, near the corner of Bates and Virginia in St. Louis’ Carondelet neighborhood, 24-year-old Cortez Bufford died after being shot multiple times by St. Louis Police officer Lucas Roethlisberger. The case has remained shrouded in darkness, as investigative journalists Alison Flowers and Sam Stecklow detail in their newly published deep dive.

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Officer Jason Van Dyke shot the teenager 16 times in 2014. The case gained national attention after the police dashcam video was released.

Members of the LGBTQ community and others will gather Friday at Transgender Memorial Garden to commemorate Kiwi Herring, a black, transgender woman killed…