Jeweler for the movement 20 years after his Million Man March pin, Demetrius Ball makes a ‘Hands Up’ pendant
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Protestors disrupt Stenger’s party Ferguson protestors were evicted from Steve Stenger’s campaign celebration on Tuesday, November 4 at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza. Protestors engaged in shouting matches with Stenger’s supporters about his support for St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch.
‘Which side are you on?’ Ferguson activists ask McCulloch By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
About 20 minutes before Steve Stenger made his victory speech in the St. Louis County Executive race, protestors – who had been waiting in their cars in the Sheraton Clayton Plaza parking lot – started filing into the watch party.
The group, led by the Organization for Black Struggle, wanted to “call him to account for his failure to adequately address issues raised in the wake of Mike Brown’s killing by a Ferguson Police Officer,” according to a statement released Wednesday morning. The group pretended to mingle
n “Hey, Bob! Which side are you on?” – Derek Laney of MORE to St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch
and cheer Stenger on. However, once young black men – or young people in general – started entering the party, Stenger’s team got nervous. “There are eight of them right behind me,” one man told a St. Louis County Police officer inside
See PROTEST, A6
Stenger narrowly beats Stream Steve Stenger was surrounded by supporters, including former state Rep. Betty Thompson, when he celebrated his narrow victory over Rick Stream in the St. Louis County Executive race late on the night of Tuesday, November 4 at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza.
Black Democrats send a message in County Executive race By Chris King Of The St. Louis American Rick Stream, the Republican nominee for St. Louis County Executive, thanked a coalition of black Democrats in a phrase made famous by John F. Kennedy when conceding defeat to Steve Stenger, the Democratic nominee, late on the election night of Tuesday, November 4. Stream thanked St. Louis County Councilwoman Hazel Erby and a coalition of black Democrats she led in support of Stream (and opposition to Stenger), calling Erby “a profile in courage.” It was a narrow victory for Stenger, the Democratic nominee, to prevent him from surrendering the top county seat to a Republican See STENGER, A7
Photo by Wiley Price
November 5, 1933 - November 3, 2014
Servant for women’s health passes
AP report shows ‘no-fly zone’ in Ferguson targeted at media
Services Friday for beloved physician, Jonathan Reed, MD By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 7 for longtime St. Louis obstetrician/gynecologist Jonathan Raymond Reed, MD, who passed away Monday, November 3, 2014 at age 80. His career included nearly 50 years in women’s health, bringing newborns into the world and serving the community in private practice and in public health, retiring in 2006. “It was truly an amazing experience,” Dr. Reed told The American in 2011. That year, Dr. Reed received the St. Louis American Foundation’s highest honor in health care, its Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Salute to Excellence in Health Care.
n “Through my practice, I realized that all people need access to medical care. Science doesn’t recognize skin color or socio-economic status.”
By Bridjes O’Neil Of The St. Louis American
– Jonathan Reed, MD
“Through my practice, I realized that all people need access to medical care,” Dr. Reed said. “Science doesn’t recognize skin color or socio-economic status.” See REED, A6
FAA, County police censor sky
Jonathan Raymond Reed, MD
The Federal Aviation Administration approved a Temporary Flight Restriction over Ferguson in August even though FAA officials knew St. Louis County Police requested the “no-fly zone” to suppress aerial media coverage of protests following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr., The Associated Press reported on Sunday, November 2. Audio recordings obtained by The AP under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purSee FAA, A7