In St. Louis, Missouri, hundreds of protesters rallied outside a Billy Joel concert Thursday evening in the latest protest against last week’s acquittal of white former police officer Jason Stockley for the murder of 24-year-old African American Anthony Lamar Smith. The latest protest came after press freedom groups condemned last weekend’s arrest of Mike Faulk, a 31-year-old reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, who was charged Sunday with “failure to disperse” after police kettled him along with a group of about 100 protesters. A photo of Faulk’s arrest shows him with his press badge clearly visible on a lanyard around his neck. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson criticized her city’s police department for its aggressive handling of demonstrations, after officers were seen marching in formation while chanting, “Whose streets? Our streets!” and after Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said police “owned tonight.” Nevertheless, Krewson says she has confidence in the police chief.
St. Louis: Protests Against Acquittal of White Police Officer Continue
HeadlineSep 22, 2017