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Circuit Attorney’s Cop List

Circuit Attorney’s police exclusion list, Published by St. Louis American on September 4, 2018

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s creation of a police exclusion list, denying the prosecution of cases where 28 non-credible officers are the essential witness, certainly raises the stakes for transformative change of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

The showdown has been coming for some time. The Ferguson uprising. Police repression during the Stockley verdict protests. Unprecedented community involvement in the search for a new police chief. The chief’s overhaul of the police Force

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Justice for Carey Ball, Jr.

OBS supports the ongoing struggle of the Carey Ball family for justice. Ball was only 23 years old when he was assassinated by St. Louis cops in 2013–shots 25 times. The latest action was a recent rally in front of the Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office.

 

The Same Difference

A compelling documentary by director Nneka Onuorah about lesbians who discriminate against other lesbians based on gender roles. Onuorah takes an in-depth look at the internalized hetero-normative gender roles that have become all too familiar within the African American lesbian and bisexual community.