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NO JUST I CE, NO PEACE Six years later, Jason Stockley is found not guilty of first degree murder after the police shooting of Anthony Smith. Both peaceful and violent protests erupted after the verdict.
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Co n cer n s o f Vapin g
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The interest in vaping and its unknown
No J ust ice, No peace After Judge Timothy Wilson found
side-effects have continued to grow over the years, resulting in many young teens using
Jason Stockley not guilty, people took to the
them. Vaping, over all, is dangerous, but not
streets to protestthe lack of justice for
everyone knows why it is bad or what makes
Anthony Smith, who was killed after a car
it so dangerous.
chase in downtown St. Louis. People feared the protesting would look like the 2014 protests in Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown.
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Vio l en ce Spar ks Remo val The violent controversy in
Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of
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a Confederate monument has caused more local government officials to consider how to deal with the debate and what their options are. The various options concern removal, relocation to a museum, tearing them down completely, or putting up historical signs to contextualized them.
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Concer ns of Vapi ng Th e Popu l ar i ty of Vapin g
Side Ef f ect s of Vapin g
Vaping has increased rapidly over the last six
Although vaping industries claim that an
years for both adults and teenagers. Not only
e-cigarette is better for you than a regular
are e-cigarette dangerous, they can cause many
cigarette, they?re wrong. Smoking an e-cigarette
side-effects. But despite all the dangers it can
can be just as harmful, if not worse, than a
cause, people still vape. Why? Bear Facts sent a
regular cigarette.
survey to 80 people and received 44 response back on this question. Out of those 44 responses, 27 % said they have vaped before. The most common reason vaping and e-cigarettes are so addicting is that they contain various amounts of nicotine. Once the nicotine starts to wear off in the body, the body starts to crave more, leading to addiction. Side effects of nicotine withdrawal can be depression, tiredness or anger.
Wh y V a p i n g is So Dan ger ou s Not only is the e-liquid itself dangerous, but the flavoring can be dangerous as well. The flavorings can be damaging by themselves.
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N o J u s t ic e , N o P e a c e After Judge Timothy Wilson found Jason Stockley not guilty, people took to the streets to protest the lack of justice for Anthony Smith, who was killed after a car chase in downtown St. Louis. People feared the protesting would look like the 2014 protests in Ferguson after the death of Michael Brown. Six years after the police shooting
conversation.? Greitens took these
that killed Anthony Smith, Circuit Judge
precautions after the violent protests
Timothy Wilson found ex-St. Louis police
that happened in Ferguson in 2014 after
officer Jason Stockley not guilty of
the police killing of Michael Brown.
first-degree murder, according to
Friday, the day the verdict was
stltoday.com. Stockley and his partner
released, 13 people were arrested and
Brian Bianchi ?tried to arrest Smith for a
four officers were injured, according to
suspected drug deal at Church?s
cbsnews.com. Later at a press conference,
Chicken,? stltoday.com said. A car chase
St. Louis police chief Lawrence O?Toole
ensued, and the shooting took place,
said that ?all in all today?s protests were
killing 24-year-old Anthony Smith. Early
very peaceful and the police exercised
September 8, the verdict was
great restraint. This is a good outcome
announced, and protests soon erupted.
for a very tense day.?
September 11, after talking privately with members of the clergy and other religious leaders about the potential
" Ever yon e h as t h e
protests due to the verdict, Missouri
con st it u t ion al r igh t t o
Governor Eric
peacef u lly pr ot est an d w e w ill pr ot ect t h ose r igh t s...f lippin g car s an d bu r n in g h om es is n ot t h e w ay t o h ave a con ver sat ion ." -M issou r i Gover n or Er ic Gr eit en s
The official twitter account for the St. Louis Police Department released tweets, reporting the protests. The SLMPD twitter account released a video showing ?agitators damaging a police car. Those causing destruction distract from the mission of peaceful protesters,?
Greitens said
the tweet read. Another tweet included
that ?everyone
three images of rocks and water bottles.
has the
The tweet read, ?rocks and water bottles
constitutional
have been thrown at our officers
right to peacefully protest and we will protect those rights,? according
to washingtonpost.com.
throughout the day. Officers used great restraint.? A reporter witnessed protesters burning a St. Louis Cardinals sweatshirt while shouting, ?If we can?t get get no justice y?all can?t get no peace.?
Greitens warned that ?flipping cars and burning homes is not the way to have a 4
September 17, ?more than 1,000 people had gathered at police
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headquarters then marched without trouble
Reporter Ryan Delaney said that the
through downtown St. Louis, the posh Central
September 18 morning protest in downtown St.
West End, and the trendy Delmar Loop area of
Louis ?was entirely peaceful,? according to
nearby University City. Protesters also marched
news.stlpublicradio.org. St. Louis Public Radio
through two shopping malls in a wealthy area of
Executive Editor Shula Neuman said that
St. Louis County,? reported cbsnews.com.
?protests over the weekend were mixed
By 8 p.m. on September 17, stltoday.com
demographically, with both white people and
stated that ?a small group had marched
people of color participating,? on
downtown, breaking several windows in the
news.stlpublicradio.org.
Marriott hotel on Washington Avenue and at
After three nights of protests, the number
other nearby businesses, including at Olive and
of arrests rose to 160 people, according to
10th streets. A sushi restaurant, a nail salon and
abcnews.go.com. The majority of the arrests came
an optician's shop were among those hit.
?after police said people ignored several warnings
Concrete planters were knocked over and trash
over about an hour ?s time to leave,? according to
cans tossed into the street.? One of the protest
stltoday.com. An unknown chemical was thrown
leaders, Hollis, said, ?We?re not apologizing for
on police officers, and a bicycle officer was sent
protesting, but we are apologizing for the people
to the hospital with a leg injury. The twitter
that were not part of the peaceful protest.?
account for the St. Louis Police Department
During the night, most had gone home,
tweeted more images from the protests, this time
yet ?the 100 or so people who remained grew
including images of weapons, guns and
increasingly agitated as they marched back
protective gear from a rioter who was then taken
toward downtown,? said cbsnews.com. Mayor
into custody.
Lyda Krewson and Interim Police Chief Lawrence
Anthony Smith?s mother, Anne Smith,
O?Toole held a brief press conference around 1
spoke on September 15 near the intersection
a.m. September 18, according to stltoday.com,
where her son was killed, according to KMOV-TV.
where Krewson said that ?for the third day in a
She said, "I'm not going to stand here and say 'no
row, the days have been calm and the nights
justice, no peace.' My soul is burning, my heart is
have been destructive. This is unacceptable.
broken. I say I ain't get no justice, I could never be
Destruction cannot be tolerated.? Protesters
at peace. I can't speak for no one else, but I know
splattered red paint and broke a window at
the system didn't work on behalf of Anthony
Mayor Lyda Krewson?s home, according to
Lamar Smith."
nypost.com.
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Violence SparksRemoval The events in Charlottesville, Virginia, are put a national spotlight on the removal of Confederate monuments from public spaces when news networks captured footage of the rival protests that turned deadly on August 12.
The events in Charlottesville, Virginia,
according to a USA Today article posted on Aug.
have put a national spotlight on the removal of
12. It was one of those civil disturbances that
Confederate monuments from public spaces
involved a lot of people from out of town such as
when news networks captured footage of the
James Fields. The Virginian governor, Terry
rival protests that turned deadly on August 12.
Mcauliffe, voiced his distress, saying, ?Go home;
The ?Unite the Right? rally, in favor of keeping the
you are not wanted in this great commonwealth;
statue of Confederate-war-general Robert E. Lee,
shame on you.?
Image from www.stltoday.com
Image from savannahnow.com
Image from kcur.org
Before the Confederate monument was removed from Forest Park, the monument's supporters came to rally, but they were soon met by Black Lives Matter protesters, according to The River Front Times. Overseen by 20 police officers at one point, the protests remained fairly peaceful with only shouting matches between the two sides. Two people, one from each side, were arrested when they got into a confrontation, according to The River Front Times ' article posted on June 3.
had legally obtained a protest permit, but a
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Since then, the events in Charlottesville
counter protest, supporting the removal of the
have catalyzed the removal of Confederate
statue, showed up, and as things became violent,
monuments. Evident in an online Times?article,
the police declared it an unlawful protest and
more and more local officials are making
tried to disperse the crowds. This happened
statements similar to Gainesville Mayor Lauren
throughout the weekend, but on Saturday the
Poe?s: ?We should not glorify a part of our
violence claimed 32-year-old Heather Heyer
history in front of our buildings that really is a
when 20-year-old James Alex Fields of Ohio
testament to America?s original sin.? The
drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters,
?original sin? which government officials are
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trying to distinguish from present attitudes is the
attracted a crowd of more than 200 people, was
Confederacy?s support of slavery and the general
hosted by a an organization called the Sons of
discrimination against black people in following
Confederate Soldiers. The member in charge of
decades that Confederate items have come to
the Alabama division of the Sons of Confederate
symbolize.
soldiers made a speech and led the crowd in
St. Louis mayor Lyda Krewson agreed
voicing the names of Confederate relatives. Then
with the calls to take down Confederate
they unveiled a gray stone with the engravings
monuments as she said that the removal of a
?Unknown AL Soldier ? and ?CSA? and ?Mother, I
Confederate monument from Forest Park is
have been found, I am home? to the sound of
helping St. Louis move forward, according to the
gunshots as reenactors dressed in Confederate
St. Louis
uniforms fired This would look perfect in the museum next to the Japanese internment camp exhibit.
Post-Dispatch. The final piece of the monument, the graffitied base, was
These monuments are insulting, but they are expensive to move and part of our history whether we like it or not. We should make them historical by placing signs by them.
removed by the Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks.
This monument is about southern heritage and honoring U.S. soldiers. It's a waste to tear it down and destroy history.
This is history we can't replace, but it's not fit for being in public.
rounds into the air, said the New Yorker article published on
The monument is insulting and represents the discrimination that has followed African American people since the Civil War. If we don't believe in the ideas of the Confederacy, it should be torn down.
August 29. Some cities are less sure about what they should do. In Richmond,
As stated in the
South Carolina, for
Post-Dispatch?s
example, they have
article, ?Remaining
five Confederate
pieces of
statues on a
Confederate
prominent road
Monument removed from Forest Park,? both the
called Monument Avenue. A committee
museum and the city, which had raised $16,000
commissioned by the mayor, Levar Stoney, is
to remove it on a Go Fund Me page, wanted the
debating options that would put the statues in
monument, but the museum won the right to
historical context, according to The Washington
remove, store and relocate the monument in an
Post. A few options that have been voiced are to
agreement with the city that the monument
tear down the monuments, put them in
wouldn?t be placed in St. Louis or St. Louis
museums, put up historical markers and signs
County. The money from the Go Fund Me page
around them or to leave them.
will now go to the St. Louis Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department. On August 27, however, a new Confederate monument was presented for the first time in Crenshaw County, Alabama, in a privately owned Confederate memorial park, according to the New Yorker. The event, which www.ur sulinestl.or g/ bear facts
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