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St. Louis Homicide Cases Often Go Unsolved. Victims’ Families Want Justice.
These St. Louis families have waited years for answers. They say police seem to have forgotten their loved ones.
Clockwise from top left: Mary Ann Johnson; Calvin Fletcher; Angel Mays; Erica Jones; Monthane Miller-Jones; Carlos Amos; Ronda Williams.
A Black woman with blonde hair gestures outside of an abandoned brick home and a home with white siding while wearing a white hoodie that says “Whitney’s World!” on it.
Feature June 4
In St. Louis, a Racial Disparity in Whose Killings Get Solved
In the past decade, police solved fewer than half of the homicide cases with Black victims and two-thirds of the cases with White ones.
By Tom Scheck and Jennifer Lu, APM Reports, and Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio
A collage shows, from left, a gun in red tones; the St. Louis skyline in black tones; a lawsuit document showing the Metropolitan Police Department of the City of St. Louis as the plaintiff and the words “sunshine law” circled in red; the back of a St. Louis police officer in uniform; a stack of clipped bundles of papers; and in the background, a list of homicide incidents and whether the case was closed or open, with “open” circled in red.
Feature June 3
How We Reported on Homicide Investigations in St. Louis
Getting and interpreting homicide clearance data involved litigation, complex analysis and patience.
By Jennifer Lu, APM Reports, and Rachel Lippmann, St. Louis Public Radio
Feature August 30, 2021
The Black Mortality Gap, and a Century-Old Document
1 in 5 African American deaths happens earlier than if they were White. Black doctors say the Flexner Report holds clues to the health system’s role in racial health disparities.
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The Frame March 22, 2021
“Stranger Fruit”: Black Mothers and the Fear of Police Brutality
Jon Henry's photography project seeks to convey the impact of police violence on Black families.
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Life Inside December 10, 2020
Notes From a Wild Election Week Behind Bars
“From time to time you hear someone shout something like, ‘Trump cannot be stopped!’ or, ‘Let’s get this White Nazi out of power!’ There is no gray area.”
By Christopher Blackwell
Feature November 20, 2020
Superpredator: The Media Myth That Demonized a Generation of Black Youth
25 years ago this month, “superpredator” was coined in The Weekly Standard. Media spread the term like wildfire, creating repercussions on policy and culture we are still reckoning with today.
By and Lynnell Hancock
Justice Lab October 28, 2020
When Does Murder Make The News? It Depends On The Victim’s Race.
Mainstream media is less likely to cover Black homicide victims and less likely to portray them as complex human beings, a new study shows.
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The System October 21, 2020
Race and Policing
Police forces in the U.S. were originally founded to secure private property—including human beings.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sits in her chambers in 2002 in Washington, DC.
Analysis September 23, 2020
RBG’s Mixed Record on Race and Criminal Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a revered feminist icon. Her legacy on issues such as prisoners’ rights, capital punishment, racial justice and tribal sovereignty has been less examined.
By Marshall Project Staff
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