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Harvard Law School lecturer Thomas Frampton and New Orleans civil rights attorney William Most have filled a lawsuit alleging that the Louisiana State Police circulated a fake list of Antifa names sourced from white supremacist groups. After Most filled a public records request for police emails with white supremacist code words in May, he was […]

Singer/songwriter/producer John Legend recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post calling for the removal of non-unanimous juries from the State of Louisiana’s Constitution. At present, Louisiana and Oregon are the only two states in America where a person can be sent to prison without the unanimous vote of a jury. Legend cites the constitutional […]

After a Missouri judge acquitted former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley, a white man, of  murder for the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith, a Black motorist, unrest overtook St. Louis over the weekend. As recently as Monday, protestors formed a human chain in the same area where people deployed violence the night before.

For many people, having to appear in court before a judge for a criminal charge is already a humiliating experience. But imagine having to do so after spending days being denied necessary hygiene products and even pants. That is exactly what happened to a woman who appeared in Louisville court this past week after spending […]

[Warning: This post contains graphic content.] Alton Sterling, 37, was shot by Baton Rouge, LA police officers outside of a convenience store he was selling music in front of early Tuesday morning. Video taken by witnesses show Sterling being  stunned and thrashed around by officers, pinned to the ground and having a gun pointed at […]

If you want to find out the truth, sometimes all you have to do is follow the money. This concept works in more ways than one would probably expect, including tracking the severity of police wrongdoings and a lack of accountability. Following a report on the St. Louis Police Department, it was found by the St. […]

Every once in a while you’ll come across old laws that are still officially on the books but should’ve been revised eons ago. The latest instance of this playing out involved a black elementary school student that can’t go back to his school because of his race and outdated laws.

From The Root: 18-year-old Cortez Bufford was on the ground, surrounded by St. Louis cops last April following a traffic stop when officer Kelli Swinton, reportedly told her fellow officers: “Hold up. Hold up, y’all. Hold up. Hold up, everybody, hold up. We’re red right now, so if you guys are worried about cameras, just […]

Joseph Swink was returning home from an internship when he became caught in the middle of a high-speed chase.

    An 18-year-old black teenager identified as Antonio Martin was fatally wounded by St. Louis-area police officers on Tuesday. The incident was followed by protesters clashing with police at the scene. 

  The mayor of St. Louis said that he supported Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to send the state’s National Guard to his city in preparation for the grand jury’s decision on whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson. Mayor Francis G. Slay also stated that troops operating within the city would have a secondary role […]

    Protesters gathered outside the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Monday in opposition of the paper’s coverage of events happening in Ferguson. The activists stood outside the building dressed as old-time newsies and passed out mock-up papers yelling, “Extra, extra. Read all about it. Post-Dispatch changes its name to Post-Disgrace.”