Earlier this month a federal court jury decided that two St. Louis police officers must pay $600,000 in connection with an arrest they made in 2013 that involved the use of excessive force. A lawsuit was filed in 2014 by Calvin Fletcher who alleged the two St. Louis officers were part of a group of four involved in the incident. Calvin believes he was targeted because he was black and that the entire incident was a false arrest. He also says he was repeatedly shocked and tasered which resulted in broken bones and a damaged kidney. Calvin also alleged that video cameras in police cruisers were

While there may be an increase in violent crimes in some places, is it really a trend? The answer is much more difficult and convoluted than many lawmakers make it sound. The FBI collects and handles crime data from more than 18,000 police agencies from throughout the United States. Recently, the Marshall Project has obtained data from 61 local agencies for 2015 (directly from them). The FBI has not yet released its numbers yet for 2015. More specifically, The Marshall project says The Marshall Project collected and analyzed 40 years of FBI data — through 2014 — on the most serious v

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Antonio Taylor is the man charged with shooting Ballwin, Mo police officer Mike Flamion. According to a recent article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, if prosecutors have their way, Taylor’s bail may soon double to 1 Million Dollars. This is the same high bail amount that was recently ordered in a case involving the rape of a homeless person. In the article written by Joel Currier, Currier reports “St. Louis County assistant prosecutor Jason Denney will argue that bail for Antonio Taylor, 31, on charges of first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, armed criminal action and unla

A man who is suspected or raping a homeless, disabled woman at least 3 times has had his bail set at $1 million dollars. According to an article written by Paradise Afshar for local10.com, Nelson's defense attorney requested his bond be set at $150,000 but that request was denied ($150,000 is a bond amount seen quite frequently in St. Louis, MO by Bob Block Bail Bonds). In addition, the judge apparently lectured Nelson about his behavior.   Afhsar goes on to report that "It was on Jan. 17 that Nelson began to rub up against the victim’s body, who was sleeping in the 2000 block of S

In simple terms, when a suspect is arrested for an alleged crime, a bail amount is set. The suspect then needs to post that bond as a "guarantee" that he or she will appear in court until the case is disposed of in some capacity. While the suspect has been charged in the case, he has not been convicted, and in order to be convicted he must have due process under our laws. Recently, many activist groups believe that bail is unfair. Their position is that if you have money, you can post bail and get out of jail while awaiting your court appearances. If you don't have money, the groups say