St. Louis asks judge to rule ‘police bill of rights’ law unconstitutional
The city of St. Louis filed a lawsuit Friday asking a judge to strike down a wide-ranging bill that passed in May…
Police Accountability
Ex-officer gets a year and a day in beating of undercover colleague
ST. LOUIS – Former city police officer Dustin Boone was sentenced Monday to twelve months and one day in prison…
New U.S. attorney in New York to add civil rights unit for ‘troubled times’
NEW YORK (AP) — With Attorney General Merrick Garland looking on, Manhattan’s new U.S. attorney said Friday that he was…
Family, activists seek answers in Black Missourian’s death
SPANISH LAKE, Mo. (AP) — A puzzling, broad-daylight shooting at a small-town trailer park is renewing concerns among activists about…
Tool for police reform rarely used by local prosecutors
SEATTLE (AP) — Isaiah Obet was behaving erratically and in mental distress in 2017 when Auburn police officer Jeff Nelson…
St. Louis wants BLM protester to pay attorney fees for suing police
An attorney for the city of St. Louis argued in court Tuesday that a woman who sued a police officer…
Plea deal for ex-St. Louis officer in colleague’s beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer who has twice faced trial on federal charges in the…
Guns, pandemic, police use of force helped fuel 2020 homicide spike
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020. That was the main takeaway from figures released on Sept. 27, 2021, by…
Nonprofit grants help fund prosecutors’ push against racial injustice
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Deborah Gonzalez took office in January as the district attorney for the Western Judicial District of…
Missouri lawmakers bucked national trend by establishing police ‘bill of rights’
On the final day of the 2021 legislative session in May, Missouri lawmakers passed a “law enforcement bill of rights”…
St. Louis professor has waged long crusade to end abuse from ‘wandering cops’
Professor Roger Goldman’s crusade against “wandering cops” began 41 years ago, when two bullets from Joseph Sorbello’s revolver tore through…
St. Louis police use force more against Blacks, study finds
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police used force against Black people more than three times as often as they did…
Lawsuit alleges city corrections department is violating Missouri Sunshine Law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A civil rights group sued the St. Louis City Department of Corrections Wednesday for allegedly violating…
Ferguson mayor cites progress, but still a long way to go
FERGUSON (AP) — Seven years after Michael Brown’s death turned a bright spotlight on the criminal justice system in Ferguson, the town’s…
After new Justice Center disturbances, 120 inmates are back at workhouse
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis began moving on Saturday roughly 120 detainees back to its old city jail, known…
Embattled St. Louis County police chief Mary Barton retires
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County Police Chief Mary Barton, who has been criticized for her handling of racial discrimination…