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Vol. 89 No. 28 COMPLIMENTARY
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‘Blue silence is violence’ Frye charged with felony for protecting grandson Police claim officer injured in arrest at Galleria By Sophie Hurwitz For The St. Louis American Photo by Lawrence Bryant
Protesters marched silently down Market Street on Monday, September 25 with blue tape covering their mouths in a direct action with the theme “Blue silence is violence.”
Protestors demand firing of O’Toole By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American For the second Monday in a row since Judge Timothy Wilson announced a not-guilty verdict in the first-degree murder charges against former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley for the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, protesters marched silently down Market Street. This march was symbolic of the code of silence among police that the protestors said offers a shield of protection for officers who target the African-American community. “Blue silence is violence” was the theme of the silent march. Hundreds of protesters assembled and stoically marched from 16th and Market streets to St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
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Even the children who joined the “Blue silence is violence” silent march and direct action on Monday, September 25 wore blue tape covering their mouths, symbolic of the code of silence among police that the protestors said offers a shield of protection for officers.
Protesting with privilege ‘White allies’ demonstrate without police brutality outside of concert By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American What a difference a day makes. Twenty-four hours before a nearly exclusively white crowd of protestors shut down Broadway for a couple of hours on the night Billy Joel took the stage at Busch Stadium, n “Man, if we were riot cops in full formation up there like that, we demanded woulda been pepper a racially sprayed, chased off and that diverse group arrested by now. This is of protesters clear the street straight-up boring.” immediately or face arrest. – a member of The Lost “We respect Voices your right to protest, but blocking the street makes it an unlawful assembly,” a police officer said Wednesday through his vehicle’s sound system to protestors marching down Brentwood Boulevard in Clayton. His words came just before
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The Rev. Karla Frye has become famous as the African-American grandmother who was put in a chokehold by a St. Louis County Police officer while protesting at the Saint Louis Galleria mall on Saturday. The photo, made by Christian Gooden of the Post-Dispatch, with it two n “Just now, when carries narratives: that of the a cop grabbed black grandmother my 13-yeartrying to protect her grandson from being old grandson, I choked by police, don’t think I’ve and that of “a woman experienced inserting herself into anything like that.” an arrest in progress” and getting arrested – Rev. Karla Frye herself, as Gooden tweeted. An elder at St. Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church and chief operations officer of Community Women Against Hardship, Frye, 56, was charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting a police officer, who qualifies as a “special victim” under state law. This “special victim” status allowed County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to charge Frye with a more severe,
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Foundation, partners award $750K By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
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There were riot cops and tanks hidden in several pockets downtown during a police accountability protest by white allies on September 21. None of them ever emerged to confront this enormous group of demonstrators. Instead, the white protestors were met with a long row of bike cops.
The St. Louis American Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala, introduced 30 years ago primarily to recognize excellent African-American educators in the region, has evolved into the region’s premier scholarship event for minority students. 30th “This current year has an astonishing total for scholarships and community grants of more than $750,000,” Donald M. Suggs, publisher and executive editor of The St. Louis American and president of the St. Louis American Foundation, said at the 2017 Salute held at America’s Center on Saturday, September 23. “This funding is a direct investment in our community and its future.”
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