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The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners is responsible for the operation of the SLMPD. The Board sets policy, makes promotions, holds both closed and open meetings and coordinates with the Commissioner of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department in providing police services to the citizens. Four of the five members of the board are ...
Police arrested 123 people. [18] [19] [20] Police also said unknown chemical substances were thrown at them and that an officer on bike was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. [8] Among those arrested included an undercover St. Louis police officer, a Getty Images photojournalist, and an Air Force lieutenant. [21]
Nicholas Gilbert, 27, died in 2015 in a St. Louis police holding cell after six officers restrained him for 15 minutes, handcuffing him, shackling his legs and placing him face down on the ground.
This list compiles incidents alleged or proved to be due to police brutality that attracted significant media or historical attention. Many cases are alleged to be of brutality; some cases are more than allegations, with official reports concluding that a crime was committed by police, with some criminal convictions for offences such as grievous bodily harm, planting evidence and wrongful arrest.
Police on Tuesday released body camera footage showing one suspect, identified as 28-year-old Elijah Gantt of East St. Louis, Illinois, charging Travis Brown on a sidewalk and knocking him ...
A Missouri man who spent nearly 28 years in prison until a judge determined he was wrongfully convicted filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging that St. Louis police officers “detained, arrested ...
In the course of their duties, law enforcement personnel use force to subdue suspects. The use of force consists of two parts: the amount of force that may lawfully be used on a continuum that includes deadly force; and the circumstances under which it may be used, including the level of imminent threat reasonably perceived by the member of law enforcement and the concern that a fleeing felon ...
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police on Tuesday released officer-worn body camera footage showing a protester knocking a Black police officer to the ground on the 10th anniversary of Michael ...