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CAC Audited OCTOBER 5 – 11, 2017
Vol. 89 No. 29 COMPLIMENTARY
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ACLU claims aggressive American strikes policing continues ‘Gold’ Claim police use chemical agents, Tasers illegally By Jessica Karins and Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American
Calvin “Cap” Kennedy – a familiar face among protestors since Ferguson – was tased by St. Louis police during a protest on Friday, September 29. Eyewitnesses claim it was unprovoked and continued though Kennedy did not offer resistance.
There was a crackle, a scream and then chaos in the final minutes that protestors marched through downtown Friday night. “They got Cap,” a female protester yelled. “They electrocuted Cap. Come back y’all, they got Cap!” Cap is Calvin Kennedy – a familiar face among protestors since Ferguson. He is often seen on the frontline wearing a PEACEKEEPERS shirt. “He wasn’t doing anything. They just electrocuted him,” she said. He was not killed by the Taser, only
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Lost Voice at the barricade Protestor and Lost Voices co-founder Dontey Carter led demonstrators in a chant outside of Busch Stadium on Friday, September 29 following the drop of the Artivist banner that read “Stop Killing Us” during the third inning of the St. Louis Cardinals game.
The St. Louis American won 37 awards, including the Gold Cup award for large weeklies, from Missouri Press Association in its 2017 Better Newspaper Contest. Awards were presented Saturday, September 28 at the association’s 151st annual convention in Springfield. This marks the fourth time in the past five years that The St. Louis American has won top honors among all large weeklies from the state press association. The American also took n “This home first place honors publication for General Excellence, has depth marking the seventh time the newspaper has won and breadth that award. and passion. Each year, a different It shows state press associations throughout the judges the competition. whole product,” This year, it was judges from the the Michigan Press Michigan Press Association. “This publication Association has depth and breadth wrote of The and passion. It shows throughout the whole American. product. Weekly newspapers are renowned for serving their communities and this newspaper does so with conviction,” judges from the Michigan Press Association wrote of The American. “There is great variety in story topics, wonderful, appropriate use and quality of photos, consistency and purpose in design, sections that matter, such as health and business, extensive sports coverage (especially local), appropriate ad placement and design, good headline style with major hedes and decks and subhedes.” The American also received nine other first place awards: Community Service (Salute to
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North St. Louis resident Tony Conrod and protester Michael Hassell, who canvassed the block to register voters, shared parting greetings after an impromptu political debate on Claxton in the Walnut Park neighborhood on Sunday, October 1.
Protestors canvass North side Voter registration, job training take place of disruption By Kenya Vaughn and Lawrence Bryant Of The St. Louis American Instead of “shutting [expletive] down,” protestors took to the streets on Sunday, October 1 to build neighborhoods up. “People have said since we’ve been out here that we don’t protest black-on-black crime,” said state Rep. Bruce Franks Jr. “This is us protesting black-on-black crime. The root cause of black-on-black crime is lack of jobs, education and resources.”
Dozens of those who have united to disrupt businesses and events in the region as a response to the not-guilty verdict of Jason Stockley in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith two weeks ago marched the neighborhoods of the North Side to uplift, encourage and educate. “The organizers decided that we would go to the economically distressed areas in our communities to provide
See NORTH SIDE, A6 Photo by Vincent Lang