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The bill would also restrict how much municipalities can reduce police department budgets and it would establish a fund for officers who have experienced trauma.

A controversial bronze statue of Ninian Edwards will, for the time being, remain where it is installed, in a small plaza near Edwardsville's city center. The statue, the plaza and Edwards’ slavery legacy became the focus of protests during the global Black Lives Matter movement this summer.

"I've been told they've been charged with exhibiting a firearm and tampering with evidence," Joel Schwartz, who represents Mark and Patricia McCloskey told NPR.

Officials are reviewing the citations and the police department's evidence. "It's now incumbent on the city counselor to decide whether or not to charge these people," the city counselor said.

Police arrested 17 people for failing to disperse during a protest in St. Charles Friday night.The "Good Trouble" protest was held in memory of Democratic U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a champion of the civil rights movement who died July 17.The protest began near the intersection of Lombard and Beale streets, located in the Streets of St. Charles, at around 7:30 p.m. The St. Charles Police Department approached the group and offered assistance with traffic control, police said.Officers made arrests a few hours later.

If you’ve followed the scores of Black Lives Matter protests that have filled St. Louis-area streets for nearly two months, you’ve likely seen their work in your social media feeds.Citizen journalists have livestreamed or live-tweeted nearly every demonstration following the police killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville this spring. Most have no formal journalism training and no newsroom team or subscriber base supporting them. But many people in the region’s Black community consider them credible news sources.

Updated at 6:55 p.m. July 20, with the Missouri attorney general filing a request for the court to dismiss the charges and comments from state Rep.…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday defended the couple who aimed guns at protesters marching on the street in front of their St. Louis home, saying they…

Zuleyma Tang-Martinez has witnessed major political movements in the country since the civil rights movement during the ’60s in Oakland, California. She…

Tiana Bojorquez has spent much of the past several weeks thinking about how she can capture what's going on in the streets on a special canvas.On…