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The last abortion clinic in Missouri will remain open. On Friday, a St. Louis judge kept an injunction in effect, allowing a Planned Parenthood Clinic to continue services. Related Article: Missouri Set to Become First State Without Abortion Clinic Since 1973 State Circuit Court Judge Michael Stelzer ruled in favor…
The latest annual report released by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office found that in 2018, Black drivers in Missouri were 91% more likely to be pulled over than white motorists. The report also shows that people of color are disproportionately stopped and searched by law enforcement. Black and Hispanic drivers were 1.48…
The battle over women’s health rights in Missouri will likely take a hard hit this week. The last remaining abortion clinic in Missouri says it expects to be shut down this week — basically ending legal abortion in the state, according to a statement released Tuesday by Planned Parenthood. Planned…
Missouri Rep. Barry Hovis is trying to backtrack on calling rapists “gentlemen” and mentioning “consensual rape” during a debate over a restrictive anti-abortion bill on the floor of the Missouri State House last Friday. Republican Rep. Barry Hovis said in the chamber Friday that most of the sexual assaults he…
Almitra Buzan, and her husband Robert, made a visit to a Sprint store in Missouri due to a Wi-Fi disconnection on her cellphone. Almitra got connected to a racist instead. After the couple left, a repair technician accidentally gave her phone number to the next customer who wound up texting…
A Missouri waitress has been fired after a video of her after-work activities went viral. In a Snapchat video uploaded to Facebook, Tabitha “Tabbie” Duncan is riding in a pick-up truck with two men who talk about going “n***er hunting.” “You get them n***ers,” the 20-year-old tells the men. Duncan…
Protests took place throughout the weekend in St. Louis, Mo., following the acquittal of a police officer in the fatal shooting of a Black man six years ago. In December 2011 Jason Stockley, a former St. Louis police officer, shot Anthony Lamar Smith to death after a high-speed chase. Stockley…
He was driving on his way out of town and hopeful of positive news after his rallying efforts when Rod Chapel, president of the Missouri chapter of the NAACP, received a less-than-optimistic phone call from Gov. Eric Greitens. “The governor calls and says, ‘Hey Rod, just wanted to call ya…
NAACP’s national delegates voted on Wednesday to issue a “travel advisory” stating that people of color and other marginalized groups travelling to Missouri are at risk of their civil rights being violated. According to the Springfield News Leader, the delegates chose to nationally adopt the advisory after it was put…
A Black off-duty cop was shot in St. Louis, Mo., by a fellow police officer who was “fearing for his safety,” despite other cops on the scene recognizing him as an officer. Rufus Tate Jr., an attorney for the injured officer, has stated that race absolutely played a factor in…
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