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Vol. 91 No. 13 COMPLIMENTARY
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City judges violate federal court ruling Continue to set bond amounts above residents’ means By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
The unconstitutional cash bail provisions widely practiced in local courts were protested at the Pine Lawn Municipal Court as part of the ongoing Ferguson protests in November 2015.
Krista Jackson appeared on a TV screen in the Division 26 courtroom in the Carnahan Courthouse downtown. Jackson is being held in the St. Louis Justice Center for having two failure-to-appear charges, which stem from a possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia charge in February 2018. Circuit Judge Thomas A. McCarthy asked the 30-year-old white woman what bond amount she could pay at her detention hearing on Monday, June 17. “Nothing,” Jackson said. “I’m homeless.” McCarthy then set her bail at $500, lowering it from the initial $2,500 amount. “The court finds that you will not come back to
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Milton Green files suit Shooting by fellow cop left off-duty officer disabled By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American It will be two years on June 21 since a white St. Louis city cop shot an off-duty black city officer in the arm – rendering him disabled and unable to return to work. Milton Green, who has served at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department since 2005, had been trying to save the officers’ lives when he was shot. But now his life is in shambles. Green has still not had his pension claim heard, and he’s struggling to provide for his four children. On Monday, June 17, Green filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis Milton and Officer Christopher Green Tanner, who allegedly shot Green. Green claims that Tanner used excessive force against him and deprived him of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure. “It is heartbreaking that this hero’s life has been destroyed,” said Javad Khazaeli, Green’s attorney of Khazaeli Wyrsch LLC. “Instead of the city taking care of him, they put him in a situation where he is going to lose his home and not be able to take care of his kids.” The 13-page lawsuit provides many details
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St. Louis prosecutor’s investigator in Greitens case charged Photo by Wiley Price
Kids count Niyah Thomas, 5, a student at St. Ann Early Childhood, enjoys a swing in the new Pine Lawn Community Park and Pasadena Parkway recently. The event commemorated the completion of both
Lincoln University president granted three-year contract extension Jerald Jones Woolfolk is developing a strategic plan to boost enrollment and retention By Francene Bethune For St. Louis American Lincoln University President Jerald Jones Woolfolk wants to “stabilize enrollment” at the university in Jefferson City which she will lead for another three years after university curators voted on June 13 to extend her contract. She joined Lincoln University in June 2018. “I am committed to leaving Lincoln better than I found it,” she said. “I am committed to being here until I can hand it off ‘greater, better, and more beautiful than it was Jerald Jones transmitted to me.” Woolfolk “I fear people might misunderstand when I say ‘better.’ Lincoln has always been a beautiful place. By ‘better,’ I mean make Lincoln more visible not only in Jefferson City but
across the state.” In her one year at the helm, the university created the Executive Enrollment Committee, whose key functions are recruitment and retention. Enrollment, according to Woolfolk ,“is made up of not just recruiting students, but keeping them there and graduating and making sure that the environment that they’re in is one that is focused on learning and development.” She said she wants to make sure that every student who comes to Lincoln comes to graduate. “That’s the way I talk to students,” she said and that’s the way that I treat them: ‘You came here to graduate. We are going to do everything that we can to make sure that you
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Tisaby pleads not guilty to seven felonies including perjury, evidence tampering By Rachel Lippmann Of St. Louis Public Radio A former FBI agent hired by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to help in the criminal investigation of then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is now facing charges himself. A grand jury indictment made public on Monday, June 17 charged William Tisaby with seven felony counts, including multiple perjury charges. His conduct during the investigation was a factor in prosecutors dropping the felony invasion of privacy charge against the governor. The indictment also says Gardner knew about Tisaby’s William conduct and did not report Tisaby it to police or correct it. A spokeswoman for Gardner said the office remained under a gag order and would not comment on the indictment. Tisaby pleaded not guilty to all seven charges. Bond had originally been set at $70,000, but a judge on Monday allowed Tisaby to be released on a promise to show up for court dates — although he will have to surrender his passport and check in
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