Dixon of Belleville, who was at his second march in two days. That’s why we lock arms,” said Reverend Daryl Gray.Chief Fagan says, “They also do that because it’s more difficult for them to move. “Florissant police already acting foolish and making threats. FLORISSANT, Mo. Both said they felt a push recently to educate themselves about racism.“I think just showing up shows support,” Putnam said. At this point, they’re not asking for anything that we can give them. When protestors shut down busy Lindbergh Blvd. The guard has been called in to protect the property after a video was released that shows a police SUV knocking a man to the ground. "Earlier on Sunday, Missouri National Guardsmen were spotted outside the entrance to the Florissant Police Department.The National Guardsmen were called as a precaution in case there is unrest as a result from the now viral video.The video was first posted by Real STL News on Saturday. We offer daily headlines, breaking news, severe weather, and forecast emails.ST. “You have a history of bad policing, one of your officers is proven to do wrong, and so people need that time period to express their frustrations.”
The man who appeared to be running from police, was not seriously hurt.
In a Facebook post, the … LOUIS - The Cardinals doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers scheduled for Sunday has been postponed.Jeff Passan reported that both games were officially postponed at 5:31 p.m. Saturday.ST. I can’t prosecute these folks, we can’t get them convicted and I’m certainly not going to fire people that did their job appropriately,” said Chief Fagan.Rev. The man who appeared to be running from police, was not seriously hurt. Marilyn Aleem-Shamikh, one of the march’s organizers, said various Muslim communities were planning individual protests here and there, and the group wanted to bring them all together.Asif Umar, imam of Daar-Ul-Islam mosque in Manchester, was one of the speakers featured before the march began.
— Three people were arrested after a protest outside the Florissant Police Department Friday night. “If that means interrupting lunch for Becky and Tom, that’s what we’re going to (expletive) do.”Many of the demonstrators said they were veterans of the movement, marching in Ferguson in 2014 after the death of Michael Brown.“The magnitude of our movement has multiplied by millions,” said J.D. Protesters prepare for another tense night with Florissant police “To be here, standing next to them, and listening.”Saturday afternoon, more than 50 protesters gathered across from the fountain in the center of Belleville Square.Organizer Arkayla Tenney-Howard, with the activist group Respect Us STL, stressed that though the one-mile march would not be violent, it would also not be peaceful.“We’re out here today for all the names we don’t know,” she said.
Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI Bishop Derrick Robinson of Kingdom Church in St. Louis leads chants at the end of a Respect Us STL march in downtown Belleville on Saturday, June 20, 2020. FLORISSANT, MO – “A total disregard not only for black lives but for anyone that was in front of them,” says Reverend Daryl Gray, a leader of the cause.Timothy Fagan, the Florissant Police Chief, says, “We’re just asking them to respect the fact that this is a community that is being affected by this every single day and that it is not OK to break the law.”A video with descriptions was released by the Florissant Police Department showing part of what happened, but Reverend Daryl Gray doesn’t feel that’s the whole story.“We don’t lock arms so they can’t get behind us but so that we don’t be perceived as the aggressor. On Air The 31-year-old driver , a nine year veteran of the department, has been suspended. Now Playing Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPIProtesters hold signs and chant outside of the Florissant Police Department in Florissant, Missouri on June 7, 2020. - Newton County authorities say an autopsy did not determine the cause of death or the identity of a body discovered southwest of Joplin.