Group asks judge to set up jail oversight board
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Community leaders filed on Tuesday a petition for a local judge to appoint an oversight board…
Police Accountability
Retrial planned in undercover officer’s beating by colleagues
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two white St. Louis police officers will be retried on charges stemming from the 2017 beating…
Frustration, anger spark another riot at Justice Center
ST. LOUIS — Another inmate riot at the St. Louis Justice Center on Sunday night brought chaos and further damages…
Jaco: Bad verdict. Bad cops. Bad police force
No group in America has done a better job of defunding the police than the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.…
No convictions for ex-officers in undercover protest beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — No convictions were returned for three white St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black…
Jurors in ex-officer’s trial for Floyd’s death face heavy burden
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One prospective juror’s voice quivered as she told attorneys during jury selection that she feared for her…
Deliberations begin against officers in beating of colleague
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Friday in the federal trial for three white St. Louis police officers accused…
Oversight Board sought for correctional facilities
CITY HALL – A panel that investigated disturbances at the City Justice Center is recommending the establishment of an independent…
Chokehold ban, repeal of KC police residency rule advance
A bill banning police chokeholds and repealing a requirement that Kansas City police officers reside within the city received initial…
Groups decry Missouri bill against roadway protests
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Racial justice advocates and others decried on Monday a Missouri bill that would crack down on…
Trial for officers accused of beating Black colleague begins
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal trial for St. Louis police officers accused of beating a Black undercover colleague during…
Task force urges independent oversight of Justice Center
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A task force appointed to examine concerns about the troubled St. Louis City Justice Center is…
Jury selection is first battleground at trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The fate of a former Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck as…
In blow for reform prosecutors, no new trial in 1995 murder case
Nearly two years ago, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson,…
Gardner seeks to take back McCloskey case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority…
New mayor will inherit an old city death spiral
At the current rate of population loss and decay, St. Louis will cease to exist except as a collection of…