Breaking the Shackles
Everywhere around the whole, people are throwing off the shackles of oppression–or at least putting up a good fight. Tomorrow the people of Scotland will vote for their independence. This historic vote seems to be split along class and age lines, with poorer and younger people favoring independence. Just in time for the vote was the […]
Remember Kajieme Powell!
On Wednesday, SLPD Chief Sam Dotson appeared before the Public Safety Committee at City Hall. The packed hearing room was a reflection of citizen concerns about the department’s use of deadly force. Protest signs in the room made it crystal clear that we wanted answers to the execution of Kajieme Powell by St. Louis cops […]
What’s done in the dark…
You know I’ve been telling you why I believed the MO Department of Corrections was in such haste to execute everybody on Death Row as quickly as possible. Based upon National Public Radio’s probe, we’ve now have some insight. And as Grandma always says, “What’s done in the dark will soon come to light.”