jason stockley
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Former St. Louis Cop Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Beating Black Undercover Cop at Protest
Two other former officers are awaiting sentencing for their role in the assault.
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St. Louis Assistant Police Chief Files a Lawsuit Claiming He Was Denied a Promotion Because He’s White
White men can’t jump but apparently, they sure can leap. The assistant police chief for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was told he was passed up for the chief of police position due to events that happened under his watch involving a black man who was fatally shot by police and subsequent protests. He…
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There’s a Cop Who Calls Himself the ‘Riot King’ of St. Louis and His Behavior Is Scarier Than His Name
He uses the hashtag #ProtestSeason like it’s a period set aside for hunting demonstrators as if they were deer. The Riverfront Times calls him the “police department’s protest hammer.” He tagged a picture of himself on a Facebook post for his side business with #RiotKing—a protester-given nickname that describes his behavior during the demonstrations following…
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St. Louis Board of Aldermen Passes Resolution to Remember Anthony Lamar Smith, Who Was Killed by Now-Former Police Officer Jason Stockley
As protests over the acquittal of former Police Officer Jason Stockley continued throughout the city of St. Louis, the Board of Aldermen on Friday voted unanimously to approve a resolution honoring the man he killed in 2011: Anthony Lamar Smith. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that on the same day, St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson…
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St. Louis Police Have Declared an All-Out War on Protesters, Media and Even Themselves
Before Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, St. Louis activists and religious leaders warned that it could get ugly. They said they were going to “shut it down.” They were right about the “ugly” part. Since then, every corner…
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Youth Football Team in Ill. Takes a Knee During the National Anthem Before Game Sunday
Children understand things that are happening around them more than we think and more than we give them credit for. A great example of this is the Cahokia Quarterback Club, which decided as a group to take a knee during the national anthem before the team’s football game Sunday in Belleville, Ill. The team consists…
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St. Louis Police Claim an ‘Unknown Chemical’ Labeled ‘Apple Cider’ Maliciously Used Against Them
The St. Louis Police Department tweeted out a photo of an officer holding two spray bottles. The caption: “Officers confiscate bottles with unknown chemicals used to against police tonight in downtown #stl.” Except one of the bottles was clearly labeled “apple cider”—meaning apple-cider vinegar. The common household item is helpful for balancing the body’s pH…
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St. Louis Police Chant ‘Whose Streets? Our Streets’ While Making Arrests During Continuing Protests Sunday: Report
Well, in case you had any doubt, or were curious as to what police officers make of citizens attempting to assert their rights to peacefully assemble and protest the seemingly inexplicable killings of unarmed black men that go unpunished, here you have it. Police apparently thought it was appropriate to chant “Whose streets? Our streets”…
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Shit Finally Hits the Fan in St. Louis … Like We Said It Would
What did you think would happen? Once, when I was visiting an elementary school classroom, a second-grader wanted to tell me about his trip to SeaWorld. He told me and the rest of the class about the dolphins, octopi, and all the rare and crazy fish he saw. Then he went into an elaborate story…