OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Several hundred people flooded onto one of the busiest freeways in Los Angeles, causing a miles-long traffic backup in protest of the presidential election of Donald Trump. The protesters, who had remained peaceful and not overly disruptive for most of the night, poured on to U.S. 101, which links downtown LA to…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) – A nonprofit organization in Missouri says it’ll take lessons learned from protests in Ferguson after an unarmed black man was fatally shot by a white police officer to help parents address the challenges of trauma. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Parents as Teachers of Missouri is part of a national group…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A former St. Ann police officer who pointed a semi-automatic rifle at protesters in Ferguson can be disciplined. That’s according to a ruling by the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission, which found that Raymond Albers committed third-degree assault and harassment for the incident back in 2014. Video captured Albers pointing a gun at…
St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — Police used smoke bombs to clear demonstrators blocking Interstate 94 in St. Paul late Saturday night during a protest sparked by the recent police killings of black men in Minnesota and Louisiana. The smoke was used after about 200 protesters refused to leave the roadway just after midnight as police…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) Columbia is putting a temporary halt to new permits for some multifamily housing projects in the college town. The city council voted 5-2 Monday night to approve the freeze, which applies to an area near the campus of the University of Missouri. The proposal cites “unprecedented growth in the construction of off-campus…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two dozen black protesters twice interrupted a meeting of the University of Missouri system’s governing board to read a list of demands for improvements in diversity. The demonstrators on Thursday stood side-by-side, their arms locked, outside a room on the Columbia campus when the Board of Curators were starting a finance…
( KTRS ) More than 100 Republican Missouri lawmakers are calling for a University of Missouri assistant professor to be fired in response to her videotaped clash with reporters during campus protests. The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Board of Curators to oust assistant communications professor Melissa Click, on Monday. Click garnered national…
( KTRS ) A backlash has begun over how the University of Missouri handled recent turmoil on its Columbia campus. A newly proposed bill that could punish the university, would also revoke scholarships of student athletes who strike. The measure is in response to the Mizzou football team supporting the protests. Legislative leaders say funding for the…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) The University of Missouri has a new resource for dealing with discrimination. On Wednesday, Garnett Stokes, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Missouri, announced the creation of a new Office for Civil Rights & Title IX. This new office will centralize reports and investigations of discrimination on…
