Data indicated that the homicide rate in the city of St. Louis returned to what it was nearly pre-pandemic, dropping from 263 in 2020 to 195 homicides in 2021.
57-year-old from St. Louis charged with taking 18-year-old man
Credit: St. Louis Metro Police Department
Jerome Anderson, 57, is in custody on kidnapping charges Author: Jeff Cavallin Updated: 3:36 PM CDT July 4, 2021
ST. LOUIS A 57-year-old man was arrested by St. Louis Metro Police and charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old male with special needs.
Investigators found that the victim was taken by the suspect, Jerome Anderson of St. Louis, from the 5600 block of Martin Luther King on Thursday night and brought to Velda City, where Anderson is alleged to have sexually assaulted the teen.
James was taken into custody by SLMPD officers Friday near Goodfellow Boulevard and Natural Bridge Avenue.
Is violence increasing in St. Louis due to a push to defund the police?
That s the claim from a May 4 Facebook post from the page Survive the Streets: A page for cops. It includes two images of newscasts from different outlets neither image is dated and implies that defunding the St. Louis police department is connected to 20 recent shootings.
The top image is labeled as FOX 2 in St. Louis , with a photograph of Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and a quote that reads, Today’s decision to defund the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is historic. It marks a new future for our city.
FOX News correspondent Garrett Tenney has the latest on the police action on Special Report
MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Wednesday told viewers it’s very difficult to trust police officers when it comes to the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, before downplaying the use of a knife as something even unarmed teachers can defuse.
Reid, who once claimed hackers traveled back in time to plant homophobic slurs on her pre-fame blog, praised Bryant for her adorable TikTok videos before playing body camera footage of her shooting. MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Wednesday told viewers it’s very difficult to trust police officers when it comes to the fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant.