The Weekly Observer

A weekly roundup of all the abolition-related news in St. Louis & Missouri

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St. Louis Observer: March 26, 2023

State tries to take control of SLMPD, struggles to control KCPD; staff shortages create crisis in Missouri mental health system; regional cost of food…

Mar 27

St. Louis Observer: March 5, 2023

Lamar Johnson released from wrongful conviction; Circuit Attorney Gardner faces calls to resign; legislature aims for state takeover of St. Louis; East…

Mar 5

St. Louis Observer: February 12, 2023

Missouri GOP continue legislative attacks on St. Louis; waitlist for public defender found unconstitutional; aldermen approve tenants' right to counsel…

Feb 12

St. Louis Observer: January 20, 2023

Aldergeddon absentee voting starts next week; several wrongful death lawsuits filed against Missouri county jails; Northside Economic Empowerment Center…

Jan 20

St. Louis Observer: January 6, 2023

Missouri executes Amber McLaughlin; freedom from wrongful conviction TBD for Lamar Johnson; unhoused St. Louisans sue state over tent law; guaranteed…

Jan 6

St. Louis Observer: December 16, 2022

Lamar Johnson gets his day in court; new SLMPD police chief announced; guaranteed basic income program approved by STLBOA; Missouri GOP targets citizen…

Dec 16, 2022

St. Louis Observer: December 2, 2022

Kevin Johnson executed despite defects in conviction; County plea bargaining process scrutinized; City neighborhood order of protection system…

Dec 2, 2022

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