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On June 28, 2020, during the George Floyd protests in St. Louis, Missouri, Patricia and Mark McCloskey pointed firearms and yelled at protesters marching through the private neighborhood they co-owned. [1] [2] [3] Some protesters yelled back. The incident gained national news coverage and sparked controversy. [2] [3]
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Beginning on the afternoon of September 15, 2017, a series of protests took place in St. Louis, Missouri, following the acquittal of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith, a black man. [1] Over 160 people were arrested during the first three days of demonstrations, with largely peaceful protests.
The couple pleaded their felonies down to misdemeanors and were fined a combined $3,000. [22] Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson subsequently issued pardons for the pair. [23] In February 2022, the Missouri Supreme Court suspended McCloskey's law license indefinitely but stayed that suspension and imposed one year of probation. [24]
A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday after Missouri’s governor commuted ...
Anthony Lamar Smith was a 24-year-old African American man from St. Louis, Missouri, who was shot and killed by then St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley following a car chase on December 20, 2011. [1] On September 15, 2017, Stockley was found not guilty of first-degree murder, and protests erupted in St. Louis. [2]
The suspect is believed to have a “family nexus” with the victims, police said.
At the time of the shooting Ralph Yarl (born May 7, 2006), a 16-year-old black male, was enrolled at Staley High School. [9] His parents had emigrated to the United States from Liberia. [10] Friends and family describe him as an academically gifted student and musician, intending to major in chemical engineering at Texas A&M University.