by Missourinet Contributor | Jun 1, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s senior U.S. Senator Roy Blunt issued a statement today on protests and “indiscriminate violence” after three more black Americans were recently killed, two by police “Our nation has once again been brought to a moment of reckoning. The...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Hundreds of protesters have lined streets in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, and the St. Louis area this weekend chanting phrases like “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “No justice, no peace”. They have been calling attention to this week’s death of George Floyd, an...
by Missourinet Contributor | Aug 9, 2019 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
(This story is written by Missourinet St. Louis contributor Jill Enders) FERGUSON, Mo.- Today marks the fifth anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown during a confrontation with then Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson. Prior to the annual...
by Ashley Byrd | Jul 19, 2019 | News, Politics / Govt
St. Louis Representative Bruce Franks officially resigns at the end of this month. The black activist leader who emerged out of Ferguson protests says his mental health is at stake. “Battling anxiety, depression, mental health issues, especially in the black...
