PHOENIX (AP) — More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, according to an Associated Press tally…
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US Legislatures slow to pass laws limiting use of force
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —A wave of police killings of young black men in 2014 prompted 24 states to quickly pass some type of law enforcement reform, but many declined to…
Police shove, make journalists stop covering protest
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the…
Protests' violence overnight leaves damage, tension
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Business owners in Ferguson as well as Kansas City were assessing damage and cleaning up Sunday after protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis…
Gov. Parson activates National Guard to respond to protests
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson activated the Missouri National Guard on Saturday evening to help respond to protests around the state that he described as creating hazards to…
Protesters block I-44 downtown; demonstrator dies in accident
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters blocked a downtown St. Louis interstate, set a fire in the road and broke into trucks in a demonstration over the death of a black…
Protests continue across nation after police killing in Minneapolis
ATLANTA (AP) — Protesters burned businesses in Minneapolis. They smashed police cars and windows in Atlanta, broke into police headquarters in Portland, Ore., and chanted curses at President Donald Trump…
Charles Jaco: St. Louis Cop Culture and the Real National Emergency
The real national emergency is 1,038 miles northeast of the Mexican border, near the corner of Oriole and Thekla, where 22 shell casings glinted on the pavement and a nine-year…