Below are news items from March 2016. For more current and breaking news items, see the main news page. 3-31-2016: Judge gives teen 6 months for contempt, orders cellphone destroyed due to courthouse photos Editorial note: There is no legitimate reason to never allow cameras in courtrooms. The legal profession most likely doesn't want the public … Continue reading March 2016 News Items
Below are news items from February 2016. For more current and breaking news items, see the main news page. 2-29-2016: Kids Are Facing Criminal Charges for Using Emoji 2-29-2016: St. Louis Judge Gives 60-Year Sentence for Gun Possession Editorial note: 60 years for gun possession is a ridiculous amount of time. In November we mentioned how gun … Continue reading February 2016 News
1-31-2016: Woman Pulls Over Cop, Accuses Him Of Speeding — And Gets An Apology 1-31-2016: Where Are The Most Violent Cities In The World? Editorial note: St. Louis was ranked the 15th most dangerous city in the World. 1-31-2016: Welfare verification requirement gains momentum in Missouri Editorial note: State Rep. Marsha Haefner, a Republican from St. … Continue reading January 2016 News
Tuesday night, members of Mothers of the Movement, a group that includes Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland; Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner; Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin; Lucia McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis; Maria Hamilton, the mother of Dontre Hamilton; Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, the mother of Hadiya Pendleton; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; and … Continue reading Police criticize appearance of Mike Brown’s mother at DNC
This page contains links to most court.rchp.com pages and a variety of informative and helpful legal articles. If you are an attorney and would like us to consider an article for publishing or republish in our library contact us with a description or link to the proposed article. If we use your article, we will, of course, list … Continue reading Library of Legal Articles
By Randall Hill "Your children ain't violent because they black" … "what are you putting in my malt liquor white boy? … "malt liquor is sold by white companies but only sold in black neighborhoods and you ain't checked it to see what's in it!" – Dick Gregory, 2008 State of the Black Union The violence … Continue reading Violence is a symptom of oppression and poverty
By Connie Hassett-Walker, Kean University Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes in recent years helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement. But tensions between the police and black communities are nothing new. A new slogan for an old problem. Photo/Lynne Sladky There are many … Continue reading The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic stops
The federal class-action claims thousands of people in Missouri were jailed because they couldn’t pay off fines. Four years after the suit was filed, the plaintiffs are still waiting, and wondering if the deck is stacked against them. By Topher Sanders In January 2014, Tonya DeBerry was driving through an unincorporated area of St. Louis County, … Continue reading A Lawsuit Over Ferguson’s “Debtors Prison” Drags On
10-31-2017: Abuse, neglect reported at St. Louis Veterans Home 10-31-2017: St. Louis Community College considers cuts, including 18 percent of full-time faculty 10-31-2017: Utah nurse reaches $500,000 settlement in dispute over her arrest for blocking cop from drawing blood from patient Editorial note: When the victim is White – WOW! This incident just happened three … Continue reading October 2017 News
8-31-2017: Two social media posts hoping for political violence, two different reactions 8-31-2017: Harvey Hit Poor Neighborhoods In Northeast Houston The Hardest 8-31-2017: Houston's historically black neighborhoods devastated by flooding, with little safety net 8-31-2017: Houston celebs support forgotten Black Hurricane Harvey victims 8-31-2017: Georgia cop to driver: "We only kill black people." 8-31-2017: Treasury … Continue reading August 2017 News
