Archive | St. Louis and Ferguson

They could go only so much further down.

He "told police that he used the victim’s debit card by mistake, thinking it was his wife’s card."

Honoring black criminality.

Innovative solutions from the "Black Mayors’ Coalition on Crime."

One claim can punish an entire city.

Two lives are worth only a $20,000 bail.

The city is 44 percent black.

Seven dozen "protesters" will benefit.

Black mayor: "I only had two white male candidates to choose from and St. Louis is more diverse than white males."

All they needed was more time at the rec center.

And in St. Louis.

The rate jumped 46 percent from 2014 to 2020.

Black DA blames campaign to oust her on "racism."

“I’m black, you’re not. You will never know how to help these participants."

Imagine if they ran out of chicken.

City's first black mayor pledges to deliver for her race.

St. Louis residents say the city sounds like "World War III."

City wants to replace fleeing whites with Afghan refugees.

City's black police chief says there is no evidence for the claim.

The hood is alive with the sound of music.

When police pull back, blacks make their own rules for the road.

The new mayor "unapologetically embraces" her black identity and champions reparations.

It's city's highest murder rate per capita ever.

By year's end, the city may reach its highest murder rate in 25 years.

Nine police officers have been shot in St. Louis since June.

They're responsible in good part for why the riots continue.

Over 2,000 arrests across the country.

She hasn’t stayed at her home since July.

"Where they have taken office, there’s been an institutional breakdown of civic and professional norms.”

Darren Wilson survives double jeopardy.

A look at liberal myths and unpopular truths.

Suspect doesn't appear to be a "white nationalist."

Part of a pattern nationwide.

The casualties so far.

He's black.

Sixty years of babysitting are enough.

"The juvenile court let [the] Somalian refugee go without any charges because he has an IQ of 49."

Blacks are over 9 times as likely as whites to be arrested for homicide.

Michael Brown was not a victim.

The father of one of the victims is suing ICE for not detaining and deporting him.

Blacks are afraid there’s something sinister afoot.

They weren't satisfied when store owners agreed to their demands; now they want the store.

"Demographic change . . . is one of the tectonic forces shaping this era in American life."

The data are more and more convincing.

Endless rioting is probably not the best way to lure new business.

Rioters wreak havoc after cop acquitted in killing of heroin dealer.

Police chanted "Whose streets? Our streets."

Even though the DOJ cleared Darren Wilson of wrongdoing.

The sum awarded will not be disclosed.

They share a strange similarity.

Seattle may be an even bigger source of opposition than New York City.

Michael Dyson makes a nice living telling us how awful we are.

She instead let the perp beat her unconscious.

Vigil was for an 18-year-old fatally shot by police.

Obama and Loretta Lynch still doubt there is a "Ferguson effect."

They plan to appeal.

Murder more than doubled in 2015.

It's the second anniversary of the shooting.

Perp broke into the officer's home after posting online about "race war."

Convention president: "Racism is a major sin and stronghold in America."

Another failure for Black Lives Matter agitators.

In Chicago, pedestrian stops are down 90 percent and homicide is up 60 percent.

He now thinks "some version" accounts for the 17 percent increase in homicides in 2015.

They work for something called the "Community Relations Service."

Ferguson mayor says the city now needs a "massive recruiting drive" for more black officers.

DOJ promises consent decree won't "cripple" city finances.

Whether the city fights the lawsuit or submits to the consent decree, it will pay millions.

Police chief calls it a "transformational time in law enforcement."

Student senate wants $100 million spent on diversity classes.

Black man set fire to black churches.

Seven-notch downgrade due to "severe and rapid" financial decline.

One analysis finds it may help explain a rise in crime.

Family members attacked each other over who could sell Michael Brown merchandise.

Black judge assigns new court dates and "alternative penalties" like community service.

Another black life that doesn't matter.