Author Archives: Alan Scher Zagier

Patricia Cowan holds out her arms for a St. Louis County police officer as she and others are searched as they enter Greater Grace Church before the start of a meeting of the Ferguson City Council, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The meeting will be the first for the city council since the […]

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Lingering questions about Michael Brown could be answered Wednesday when a judge considers two media requests to release any possible juvenile records of the unarmed 18-year-old who was killed by a Missouri police officer last month. Protestors autograph a sketch of Michael Brown during a protest, in Atlanta. Michael Brown Jr. […]

A protestor is detained Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by police has touched off rancorous protests in Ferguson, a St. Louis suburb where police have used riot gear and tear gas. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden) FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters collided in […]

Lesley McSpadden, left, is comforted by her husband, Louis Head, after her 18-year-old son, Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in the middle of the street in Ferguson, Mo. FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A local NAACP chapter has called for a federal investigation into the death of a Black teenager who was shot […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Colleges and universities are struggling with sex assaults on campus, even as they spend more time and money to comply with stricter enforcement of gender discrimination laws. But the case of a University of Missouri swimmer, who said she was raped in an episode her parents say led her to suicide, […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Among his supporters, Dan Scott is practically a savior, a 44-year-old community activist and self-employed property manager whose youth boxing gym and chess club help keep troubled St. Louis teens off the streets. His critics — including city prosecutors and a long-serving St. Louis alderman — offer a different portrait. They […]