Messenger: Connecting the dots between dead kids, closing the Workhouse, and landmark bail ruling
By Tony Messenger
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Inmates watch the arrival of temporary air conditioning units from TempAir during a heat wave at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, better known as the City Workhouse, on Monday, July 24, 2017. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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U.S. District Audrey Fleissig addresses the crowd during the graduation ceremony for Sentencing Alternatives Improving Lives (SAIL) program in Federal Court on Thursday March 24, 2016. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
While the mayor and her Chief of Staff were busy trolling on twitter this weekend, SLMPD is facing another crisis of legitimacy. On one hand, we have the ineffectual response to officers' social media postings. On the other, we have multiple kids shot and killed in #StLouis.
Inmates watch the arrival of temporary air conditioning units from TempAir during a heat wave at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, better known as the City Workhouse, on Monday, July 24, 2017. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
U.S. District Audrey Fleissig addresses the crowd during the graduation ceremony for Sentencing Alternatives Improving Lives (SAIL) program in Federal Court on Thursday March 24, 2016. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
