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@jsmf
support those working to make it right.
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"Advancing St. Louis must involve looking squarely and soberly at the places and people who have been intentionally excluded from opportunity for too long, but it mustn’t end there."
@JSMF
New video of the latest smash and grab at an eye glasses store.
This one at the MrEyeDr in Alexandria. Employees say they were after the high-end brands - $20,000 lost in products and damage.
@wusa9
Just in: former MO Republican Senator John Danforth.
“By alleging widespread fraud, President Trump’s purpose is to undermine Americans’ belief in the legitimacy of the election and therefore in the foundation of our democracy. He is causing incalculable damage to our country.”
A Rockwood school bus driver tells me a police officer in uniform got on her bus this morning and threatened to report her to
@Eric_Schmitt
for asking kids to wear mask - which the district says is a federal transportation requirement not their rule. The driver is shaken.
Federal prosecutors say these are text msgs between
@slmpd
officers accused of beating a fellow, undercover officer during
#Stockley
protests in
#STL
"...going rogue does feel good..." "...make sure you have an old white dude as a witness."
Bus driver believes officer was from a department outside of the Rockwood school district. The department she thinks he works for is looking into the allegation
Videos from the protest showing the man and woman holding the weapons and at times pointing them at the crowd marching down the street circulated widely online
This affluent part of
#STL
is known for its opulent homes on gated streets.
@BILLGREENBLATT
reports the man and woman met about 300 protesters as they broke down a gate in the neighborhood to march past their home.
This is Jaylen Walker an Amazon delivery driver.
Police say he was shot in the back, trying to get away from a man in St. Charles after an argument over a handicap parking spot at Target.
Doctors say he will never walk again.
Jaylen says he’s already forgiven his shooter.
Arnold, Mo. police chief confirms it was one of his officers with at least one child on the bus. Says he didn’t step on except when driver handed him the number for him to file complaint, but looking into it still.
UPDATE: Video of Arnold police officer confronting
#Rockwood
bus driver for asking kids to wear a mask after
@Eric_Schmitt
called for parents to report schools still requiring them (bus masks are fed regulation)
"There is an executive order by Eric Schmitt," he inaccurately says
Today, former MO Gov
@EricGreitens
attended Officer Bohannon's visitation with
@RudyGiuliani
&
@BernardKerik
. They spoke to reporters. We declined an assistant's invitation to go inside for video of them greeting officers. The family asked that there be no cameras.
“How dare you” a small group of protesters, mostly moms, confronts
@GovParsonMO
over
#abortion
access as he arrives at a tv studio in Richmond Heights. Said to be taping
@thisweekinmopol
#breaking
: “Urgent appeal” from
#STL
pandemic task force - bracing for third
#COVID19
wave that “could exceed the death and serious illness experienced last winter”
#breaking
Task Force wants statewide mask mandate in Missouri.
We "need
@GovParsonMO
to take additional action" says Dr. Garza "we need the state to act against the virus" for economy and to keep schools open he says.
@ChelseaEsquire
@Eric_Schmitt
Still working to confirm details of his department and official status. She says he was in uniform with his weapon in his holster.
NEW: neighbor of suspect accused of attacking staff at Rep. Gerry Connolly’s office says this security cam video shows him chasing another woman this morning before the attack
@wusa9
"We have no backup" says an emotional Dr. Garza. Says if we stay on current course "won't have staff we need" in two weeks. Calling for
@GovParsonMO
to mandate masks statewide and issue "safer at home" order. "Would help rural and urban healthcare systems"
#Sources
: the Pandemic Task Force will likely announce today a *mask requirement* for anyone in public in
#STL
city and county. Details of this requirement likely to come around noon.
My first time on the
@ksdknews
set 15 years ago I forgot to put my mic on.
Tonight, for my first time on the
@wusa9
set I just forgot to turn it on.
So, progress.
(Fortunately,
@JeffAckermann
caught it in time.)
Prince George’s County Police say a man was hit, stuck in windshield and driven for two miles before his body was dumped on the street - a neighbor shared this video which shows a car with damaged windshield and body left behind
@wusa9
“All of you within the sound of my voice we are making history right now,” says
@CoriBush
to a loud
@BernieSanders
crowd “Understand the moment we are in right now.”
#STL
.
@StChasCitySch
on
@AGEricSchmitt
mask lawsuit:
"This cynical action is a waste of taxpayer dollars and serves to undermine the authority of local, publicly elected officials and, thus, the will of the people."
.
@stlcao
said questions about the nature of on duty officers out of district, doing what investigators say they did should be directed to
@SLMPD
Chief. But no comment from him or department since saying the shooting was accidental.
Since their speech for the
#RNC
last night the McCloskeys now say they've been "subjected to an onslaught of threats and acts of intimidation."
Police tell us they've received no calls from their street, Portland Pl., since June.
.
@FrancisHowell
re:
@AGEricSchmitt
's mask lawsuit
"The claims are tenuous at best and this unnecessary lawsuit represents another attack on public education in Missouri. This latest action by AG Schmitt is disheartening, unfounded and frankly, shameful."
I’m glad so many important people with no symptoms are able to get tested. I just wish the same tests were available for all of those actually suffering. We’d have a much better picture of what we’re up against.
Rep.
@CoriBush
is urging
@GovParsonMO
to "formally request a federal COVID-19 testing site for St. Louis, as well as the deployment of federal medical personnel...to assist our overburdened hospital systems and help enhance testing..."
#COVID19
AG
@Eric_Schmitt
has sent a letter telling all MO school districts & health depts to stop enforcing mask orders immediately. “Failure to follow the court’s judgment may result in enforcement action against you”
"We need the Governor to take these steps now," Dr. Garza just said again calling for
@GovParsonMO
to issue a mask mandate, giving examples of mandates in Iowa and North Dakota.
He says it's "not if but when" hospitals will be "overwhelmed"
Friday, when
@GovParsonMO
declined to issue a mask mandate at the urging of the
#STL
task force his office pointed to his coordination with the Missouri Hospital Associate.
Now they, too, say a statewide mask mandate is necessary.
I have great respect for our Governor, I know him to be a caring person. I too appreciate local control. But we are now under uniform threat, like war, it requires a coordinated response. We each give to protect others, we buy time for the vaccine. “The wolf is at the door.”
A simpler way of saying this. Almost half of the
#covid19
patients in
#STL
task force hospitals are from non-mask mandate counties despite their smaller populations.
According to the Task Force: the highest *rate of new
#covid19
hospital admissions to
#stl
city/county hospitals is from MO counties w/o a mask mandate.
City & County 26.54 patients/100k population
Other MO counties 30.14/100k
IL counties in STL area 9.1/100k
This is big: Senior official tells NPR the White House is informing both Congress and the Afghan government that it will relocate thousands of Afghan citizens – 20,000 to 100,000 – who worked for the US government before the official exit date of US troops 9/11.
@NPR
This “hacker?”
From
@stltoday
“The reporter did the responsible thing by reporting his findings to DESE so that the state could act to prevent disclosure and misuse…a hacker is someone who subverts computer security with malicious or criminal intent.”
This morning, at 9:45 a.m., I will hold a press conference regarding the recent hacking of
@MOEducation
's website. We will outline the state's efforts to strengthen data security and the steps that will be taken to hold those involved accountable.