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“Ferguson: Nixon Fails while Business Thrives”

June 11, 2017 Reece Ellis Uncategorized Leave a comment

Today, it looks like any other Midwestern town. There are fast food restaurants, auto shops, drug stores, a laundromat, and rows of cookie-cutter houses.

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Don't Shoot

Happy Birthday

June 1, 2017 Hafsa Children, Civil liberties, Crime/Violence, Guns, Justice, LGBT, Police, Public safety, Uncategorized, Violence One comment

In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I

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Ferguson grand jury: Same old inequality, different venue

November 26, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Charity & Justice, Civil liberties, Courts, Police 2 comments

The decision not to indict Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown is wrong in multiple ways, not the least of which

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An honest way to prevent unrest in Ferguson: Do the right thing

November 7, 2014 Arthur Lieber Courts, Crime/Violence, Ethics, Ferguson, Justice, Public safety One comment

There is justifiable concern about an outbreak of violence in Ferguson once the Grand Jury announces whether or not it is issuing an indictment

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Racism redux: St. Louis after Ferguson

October 8, 2014 Willy Kessler Activism, Civil Rights, Violence Leave a comment

The Ferguson incident: A young unarmed black man, Michael Brown, was shot several times by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Several witnesses have

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Ferguson aftermath: Why I think Darren Wilson will not be indicted

October 2, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Police, Uncategorized One comment

A few years ago, I was a member of the St. Louis County Grand Jury—the same body that is currently considering evidence in the

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Inside the grand jury: Prosecutor in Michael Brown case holds all the cards

August 19, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Courts, Police One comment

The power to indict or not indict Darren Wilson—the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri—is completely in the hands

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Are we on the brink of a social revolution? I hope so.

August 18, 2014 Hafsa Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Police, Violence Leave a comment

America continues to make international headlines as the world watches racial tensions repeatedly reaching the breaking point after the killing of an unarmed African-American:

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What we can learn from the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri

August 13, 2014 Arthur Lieber History, Missouri region, Violence One comment

When I was in college in 1968, I attended Congressional hearings on the 1967 urban riots (soon to be followed by even more severe

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