Fire in that immediate area in what officials are now calling a string of arson attacks. the string of fires all happened at predominantly black churches in predominantly black neighborhoods, all in about a three-mile radius in north st. louis. the first was october 8th as bethel church. there have been a string of them since. investigators say in each of the six incidences, the church s front doors were set on fire, so similar crimes. most of the churches sustained relatively minor damages, but one of the churches was nearly destroyed. investigators are not calling it a hate crime yet, but officials from the atf, the act is sent to send a message. $9,000 reward is being offered for anyone who has an information that leads to an arrest.
Unwillingness to deal with this? my take on it, sean, is to act knowledge this is happening, they have to face their own reality. they don t want to do it. on my way to the station for this interview, i just found out that a toddler was shot and killed in north st. louis county, the same area we just lost jameill and bolton. this is a 9-year-old? studying in her house? yes. doing her homework. you know, peggy, one day on this program, when all of the trayvon martin stuff was going on and the president weighed in on it. i actually scrolled the name on the names of people we never heard of killed in 50, dozens and dozens and dozens. why do these groups focus on the few instances and there are
Act a knowledge this is happening, they have to face their own reality. and they don t want to do that. on my way to the station for this interview, i just found out that a toddler was shot and killed in north st. louis county, the same area we just lost jamilla bolton. a 9-year-old child is dead. studying in her house. yes. doing her homework. yes. you know, peggy, one day on this program, when all of the trayvon martin stuff was going on and the president weighed in on it, i actually scrolled the names on the bottom of the screen of people we never heard of that were killed in chicago. dozens and dozens and dozens. right. why do these groups focus on the few instances, and there are examples of police that do the wrong thing. when that happens, they should go to jail.
Ferguson pson was shot in her mother s bed while she was doing home work. but there were no protests over here. trace gallagher reports from her west coast newsroom. shannon, we should note there is no sign so far tonight of the animosity that filled north st. louis last night when protesters threw bricks and bottles after police who used shields to protect themselves. local businesses were robbed and at least one car was set on fire. the violence was in response to police shooting an 18-year-old armed suspect. officers were serving a search warrant looking for a group of felons. police pursued and claimed one of the suspects turned and pointed a gun. the officers opened fire killing the 18-year-old who they say was in possession of a stolen gun. the other suspect fled and is still at large. inside the house police found more weapons and crack cocaine.
Ferguson pson was shot in her mother s bed while she was doing home work. but there were no protests over here. trace gallagher reports from her west coast newsroom. shannon, we should note there is no sign so far tonight of the animosity that filled north st. louis last night when protesters threw bricks and bottles after police who used shields to protect themselves. local businesses were robbed and at least one car was set on fire. the violence was in response to police shooting an 18-year-old armed suspect. officers were serving a search warrant looking for a group of felons. police pursued and claimed one of the suspects turned and pointed a gun. the officers opened fire killing the 18-year-old who they say was in possession of a stolen gun. the other suspect fled and is still at large. inside the house police found more weapons and crack cocaine. the shooting came one year and