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 admin | May 31, 2020 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s senior Democrat on Capitol Hill is condemning the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, saying that systematic racism and excessive force led to Floyd’s death. U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, spoke Saturday at an Urban League food distribution...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Today, Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order declaring a State of Emergency in Missouri due to civil unrest. In a press release, he says the Missouri National Guard and the Missouri Highway Patrol stand ready to support local authorities. This week’s death of...
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...
