Ferguson

Cora Faith Walker, chief policy officer for St. Louis County and a former state representative, has died. She was 37. Walker joined County Executive Sam Page’s administration in 2019 as chief policy officer. The Ferguson Democrat previously represented Missouri’s 74th District.

The documentary film "Ferguson Rises" focuses on Michael Brown Sr. in the five years after the death of his son. Filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu joined “St. Louis on the Air” to discuss.

Pastors Ken and Beverly Jenkins explain their long-held passion to invest in north St. Louis County.

Seven years after Ferguson and months after the George Floyd murder verdict, police reform has stagnated. The legal system remains stacked in favor of police. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting funded a team of a dozen college journalists to take a broad look at the issues.

Michael Brown Jr.'s father and stepmother are still hopeful that the former Ferguson police officer who shot their son will be held accountable as conversations surrounding police violence and justice continue. Yet the family also is focused on healing.

Erby was the first Black woman to be a member of the St. Louis County Council — and a political leader after Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.

As Kayla Reed and a new generation of local leaders saw each of their reform efforts fail to curb police violence in the St. Louis area, they soon realized that what they really had to overcome was the police union’s political force in local elections.

The Missouri House has approved sweeping legislation that covers a wide range of law enforcement matters, most notably a provision that could make protesting in the middle of a street a felony.

It’s been more than six years since Michael Brown’s killing made St. Louis the epicenter of the most promising civil rights movement since the 1960s. Yet despite stacks of studies and seemingly unprecedented public support for change, St. Louis has not seen a single substantive victory for police reform, thanks in large part to an influential police union and a larger police apparatus that has stymied accountability.

State Sen. Brian Williams talks about his legislation overhauling police practices, which was recently combined with another bill removing the residency requirement for the Kansas City Police Department.