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Black St. Louisans are appalled at what they saw at the U.S. Capitol last week, when a largely white mob forced its way past police to try to stop Congress from certifying the election of President-elect Joe Biden. They couldn't miss how police officers did not aggressively counter white rioters and how that contrasted with how officers treat Black people at demonstrations for Black lives.
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In the past few months, Black therapists have seen a growing number of African American clients. Many are coming in to discuss the lingering trauma of police brutality and racism, St. Louis psychologist Rimiko Thomas said.
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Police arrested 17 people for failing to disperse during a protest in St. Charles Friday night.The "Good Trouble" protest was held in memory of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a champion of the civil rights movement who died July 17.The protest began near the intersection of Lombard and Beale streets, located in the Streets of St. Charles, at around 7:30 p.m. The St. Charles Police Department approached the group and offered assistance with traffic control, police said.Officers made arrests a few hours later.
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On her good days, 51-year-old Sharon Morrow is out the door pretty early, helping to get food and water to homeless St. Louisans. And for Morrow, who is disabled and also a breast cancer survivor, April 14, 2019, started out as one of those days where she felt healthy enough to do the work. But as St. Louis police officers began arresting a man outside City Hall that afternoon, she started filming. Soon, Morrow herself would be arrested — and in a lawsuit filed last Friday, the ACLU of Missouri alleges it was retaliation for her First Amendment activities.
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Suriyya Lawrence really wants to be a police officer.But the 17-year-old rising high school senior from Jennings has been getting more doubtful looks and…
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Updated at 10:30 a.m. July 7 with a video released by Florissant PoliceFlorissant police arrested 17 demonstrators Sunday night outside their headquarters…
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Protesters angry at police use of force returned to Florissant on Sunday to again call for change and insist that they will not rest until police officers…
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Protesters against police brutality again took to the streets near the Florissant Police Department on Saturday, as tensions again flared between…
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Thousands of people across the St. Louis region gathered Friday to commemorate Juneteenth, the day when the last enslaved people in the United States…
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After decades of protests against police brutality, 19-year-old Kenidra Adams thought stopping officers from killing black people would be a top priority…