Protesters have spoken out against Washington University’s administration after the WashU Police Department (WUPD) carried out more than 100 arrests at a pro-Palestine encampment, with some calling the response unnecessarily violent, April 27.
The St. Louis County Council, bombarded by complaints from angry parents of youth in the county juvenile detention center have called a special meeting to look into reports of abuse
The move is meant to minimize the time defendants charged with ordinance violations spend incarcerated traveling from jail to jail, County Executive Sam Page’s office said.