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CAC Audited DECEMBER 5 – 11, 2019
Vol. 91 No. 37 COMPLIMENTARY
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‘He was a mentor and friend to all who knew him’ James H. Buford, longtime Urban League leader, passes at 75 James H. Buford with his wife Susan
By Chris King Of The St. Louis American James H. Buford, longtime National Urban League leader in St. Louis and nationally, transitioned at 2:17 a.m. Friday, November 28 at age 75 after a brief illness. “Jim Buford was a giant in the St. Louis community who served with distinction and honor in countless roles impacting countless people,” Michael Patrick McMillan, current president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, stated while expressing condolences for
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‘We’re not going to let up the pressure’ Activists protest Galleria, demand answers in police killing of Terry Tillman By Rebecca Rivas Of the St. Louis American On Black Friday, a group of about 50 people walked through the St. Louis Galleria Mall singing and chanting, “No justice, no peace.” While this is a tactic protestors have continuously used to raise awareness since the Ferguson unrest, this direct action was specifically protesting the officerinvolved shooting death of Terry Tillman on August 31. As they were leaving, a female mall employee called protestors the N-word, said Tory Russell, mission director of the International Black Freedom Alliance. “We can’t allow racism, white supremacy, just plain arrogance to go on in our community,” Russell said. “Racism has to be expensive.” After they left, protestors came to the conclusion that a few of the officers patrolling the protest were involved in Tillman’s death, said Amir Brandy, a Ferguson activist and co-founder of Real STL News. “They wouldn’t look me in the eye,” Brandy
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Judge rejects request to dismiss Tisaby case Gardner’s investigator charged with perjury never signed his deposition By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
The settlement was hailed as a victory for voter engagement in Missouri as the 2020 elections approach. “People of color and low-income individuals are less likely to own homes or have dependable transportation, which results
A St. Louis circuit judge has denied a motion that would have essentially thrown out William Tisaby’s case because he didn’t sign the deposition at the heart of his perjury charges. Tisaby, the former FBI agent hired by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner to help in the criminal investigation of then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, was indicted in June with seven felony counts, including multiple perjury charges. His trial is set for March 30. William At a December 2 hearing, Tisaby Tisaby’s defense attorneys argued that Tisaby never had a chance to review his first deposition during the Greitens criminal trial. He never received a copy of it, and he never signed it, as required by state law. Therefore, Tisaby’s deposition is “inadmissible,” wrote his attorneys in a court motion filed on November 5, and his testimony is “permanently incomplete.”
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Little girls make snowmen Jordyn Barnes, 7, and Skylar Rhines, 5, worked on mixed-media pictures of snowmen in art class at Columbia Elementary School in North St. Louis on Wednesday, December 4.
Missouri to improve voter registration services Settles suit filed by League of Women Voters, A. Philip Randolph Institute By Chris King Of The St. Louis American The State of Missouri must provide voter registration services to residents who update their driver’s license or state ID address online with the state’s Department of Revenue.
The state accepted this mandate as part of the settlement agreement on a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Missouri and the St. Louis and Greater Kansas City Chapters of the A. Philip Randolph Institute. The suit alleged that Missouri was violating the National Voter Registration Act, a federal law designed to aid voter registration.