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Sundown counties [2] and sundown suburbs were created as well. While sundown laws became de jure illegal following the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, some commentators hold that certain 21st-century practices perpetuate a modified version of the sundown town.
Killed in a car crash while en route to another crash: 34: Intersection of Missouri State Route 35 and Missouri State Route B Trooper: Jesse R. Jenkins: 10-14-1969: Shot and killed during a court sentencing hearing: 29: In the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Montgomery City, Missouri Trooper: Gary W. Snodgrass: 02-21-1970
A sundown town is an all-White community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-Whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting harassment.
Sundown towns were all-white communities that excluded Black people and others through the use of discriminatory laws, harassment and threats with violent overtones. The name derives from the many ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New Year’s Day brings new laws in both Missouri and Kansas. One impacts anyone driving in Missouri. Enforcement will begin for Missouri’s hands-free law which prohibits ...
In 2022, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office recorded 54 chases, more than 10% of which resulted in a crash, according to a Star investigation. Many began with minor offenses, such as license plate ...
] WVSP is the 4th oldest State Police agency in the United States of America. Governor John Jacob Cornwell was insistent upon having a State Police force which he said, "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the ...
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