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The city of St. Louis will pay $5 million dollars to a Black police officer who was beaten by several other officers while at a protest in 2017.
St. Louis Police detective Luther Hall filed a lawsuit against the city in 2019, alleging he was assaulted by colleagues who beat him while he was working undercover during a street protest over the acquittal of an officer who’d been charged with murdering a Black man in 2011.
The settlement agreement was signed by Mayor Lyda Krewson, Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole and Sgt. Joseph Marcantano, KSDK reported Monday. The city has 45 days to pay Hall.
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Influential Black Americans nominated these these trailblazers.
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Black History Month has become a time-honored tradition since it was first conceptualized as Negro History Week in 1925 by Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), and first celebrated in 1926. In 1976, honoring the heritage of Black Americans became a month-long celebration, officially recognized in the United States by President Gerald R. Ford.
Now more than ever, February is a time to remember the people who have enriched the community with knowledge, pride and respect. We recognize the contributions, struggles and history of African Americans, and reflect on the idea that Black History is at the heart of American history.Welcome to the first
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Do you need to win your case but want to deflect the attention off you? Hire Lin Wood.
Do you want to stay the center of attention whether you win or not? Hire Albert Watkins.
Never heard of him? You will.
Watkins is a St. Louis attorney and a legal gadfly. Sources close to the St. Louis legal industry describe him as an eccentric, high-profile ambulance chaser.
“Al is a weird bird, one source said. “Very eccentric. Never met a high-profile case that he didn’t fall all over himself to get involved with.”
Another source watched Watkins grow up alongside members of their family and says, “He’s always been odd.”