During the 22 years he spent in prison after being convicted of killing a Boston police detective, Sean Ellis believed there was something suspicious about the officers who led the murder investigation. He just couldn’t prove it. It would take ...

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During the 22 years he spent in prison after being convicted of killing a Boston police detective, Sean Ellis believed there was something suspicious about the officers who led the murder investigation. He just couldn’t prove it. It would take ...

Tagged with: criminal justice reform Ferguson Michael Brown Sean Ellis Supreme Court

As the mother of a black son who was 13 at the time, Pamela Meanes always felt the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown was personal — even as she used her platform as president of the nation’s largest ...

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Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer stands as a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected ...

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Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a white Missouri police officer stands as a seismic moment in American race relations. The fledgling Black Lives Matter movement found its voice, police departments fell under intense scrutiny, progressive prosecutors were elected ...

Tagged with: Black Lives Matter Darren Wilson Ferguson Michael Brown Police shooting St. Louis

Suppose you’re walking in the middle of the street. A police vehicle abruptly pulls right in front of you at an angle, blocking your path. Is that a seizure, under the Fourth Amendment? No, a majority of the full 8th ...

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Myesha Ware remembers learning how to sew on buttons and drive a car as a high school student in the 1990s. Now she laments that her daughter didn’t learn cursive or take a driver’s ed class before graduating. Ware brought ...

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Myesha Ware remembers learning how to sew on buttons and drive a car as a high school student in the 1990s. Now she laments that her daughter didn’t learn cursive or take a driver’s ed class before graduating. Ware brought ...

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Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on ...

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New St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell is wasting no time implementing changes in how the county approaches crime. But so far he’s not ready to address his biggest issue: whether to reopen the investigation of the fatal police shooting ...

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New St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell is wasting no time implementing changes in how the county approaches crime. But so far he’s not ready to address his biggest issue: whether to reopen the investigation of the fatal police shooting ...

Tagged with: Ferguson Michael Brown St. Louis County circuit attorney Wesley Bell