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  The following piece is from Daily Kos. It was written by Chameo. By: Chameo “Autopsy of Michael Brown indicates he reached for cop’s gun and had pot in system.” Yesterday as our little group was preparing to stand in solidarity with Ferguson for the national October 22 Day Against Police Brutality, Repression and the […]

    The following piece is from Quartz. It was written by Sarah Kendzior. By: Sarah Kendzior ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—“I am Darren Wilson.” The slogan is all over the St. Louis metropolitan area: on T-shirts worn by soccer moms, on rubber bracelets worn by police officers, on signs held by their wives. “I am Darren […]

  Over the weekend, thousands of activists, community leaders and concerned citizens gathered in protest of black men being gunned down by police in St. Louis. And according to a video submitted to us by protester Katina Parker, peaceful protesters where pepper-sprayed by police as they exercised their right as U.S. citizens. 

    The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old teen by an off-duty police officer in St. Louis has brought the city and county’s number of fatal police shootings this year that are currently under investigation to five. All five victims are black men under the age of 31. Two are accused of having  gun in […]

Rapper Young Thug has upset some residents of St. Louis after making very apathetic comments about what’s happening in Ferguson, Missouri in response to Mike Brown’s death. In fact, residents are so upset that they want him banned from performing in the city. 

  The attorney representing the family of slain Ferguson, Missouri teenager Michael Brown is coming down on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for reporting “gossip and racist speculation” instead of news surrounding Brown’s death. Attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, is upset about the local paper’s pursuit of Brown’s […]

Michael Sam, the first openly gay football player drafted to the NFL, was cut by the St. Louis Rams on Saturday. The move came as teams in the league reduced their roster to 53 players.

  $2 for a soda $1 for a cigar, what is a black life worth? Below is the video footage of the second young black man that has been shot and killed in St. Louis, MO within the last two weeks.  I watched the video this morning and my soul was grieved. 

  St. Louis police shot and killed a young black man Tuesday after officials say he brandished a knife. According to police, the man was attempting to rob a convenience store. 

A north St. Louis man claims he was unfairly targeted, harassed and detained by police officers. 21-year-old Terry Robinson said officers saw him outside in the Blair neighborhood, handcuffed him and pretended to drive back to the police station. 

As a way to avoid the harsh effects of a racially biased justice system, Minister Louis Farrakhan is proposing that blacks in America set up their own court system.

Many are up in arms over the death of 25 year-old Cary Ball Jr. , an honor student who was shot 25 times by St. Louis police.