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  • Protests continue following cop not guilty verdict
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    Protests continue following cop not guilty verdict
    September 25, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Missouri State Rep. Bruce Franks leads a protest on an entrance ramp to Interstate 64 in downtown St. Louis, on the tenth day of protests after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • SLPD Jason Stockley found not guilty
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    SLPD Jason Stockley found not guilty
    September 15, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri USA: "One thing that has to be understood, you'll are going to stop killing us," said House of Representatives Bruce Franks, D-St. Louis who spoke at a press conference with clergy and activists addressing the not guilty verdict in the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith by former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at the intersection of Acme and West Florissant Avenues where Smith was shot and killed. (Laurie Skrivan/ST. Louis Post Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • SLPD not guilty verdict sparks continued protests
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    SLPD not guilty verdict sparks continued protests
    September 25, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri USA: Missouri State Rep. Bruce Franks leads protesters along Market Street during a silent march to St. Louis police headquarters on Olive Street in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (David Carson/Post Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)

     

  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters march down Broadway in front of the One Metropolitan Square building in unison, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979305
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A group of St. Louis police on bicycles monitor a group of protesters, at the end of a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs. Protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979315
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: St. Louis police officers in riot gear follow a group of protesters marching down Broadway from the parallel block of 4th Street, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979307
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters march down Broadway in front of the One Metropolitan Square building in unison, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979308
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: St. Louis Police Sgt. Brian Rossamano (center left in black) and a line of St. Louis police on bicycles barricade Ballpark Village near Busch Stadium, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979313
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A line of St. Louis police on bicycles barricade Ballpark Village outside Busch Stadium, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979310
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters confront a line of St. Louis police on bicycles as they barricade Ballpark Village, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs. Protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979312
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters confront a line of St. Louis police on bicycles as they barricade Busch Stadium, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs. Protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979317
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters rest in the intersection of Market Street and Broadway after marching around downtown, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979306
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A couple of protesters stop to help a woman pick up boxes of presentation papers that had toppled over, as a march passes the Americas Center in St. Louis. Protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979314
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A line of St. Louis police on bicycles barricade Busch Stadium, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979309
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters march down Washington Avenue in unison, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979318
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters march down Broadway in front of the One Metropolitan Square building in unison, as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979319
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 26, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A line of St. Louis police on bicycles barricade Busch Stadium, during a Cardinals game against the Chicago Cubs as protests continue eleven days after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979311
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  • NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
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    NEWS - St. Louis: Weiterhin Proteste nach Freispruch eines Polizisten
    September 25, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Missouri State Rep. Bruce Franks leads a protest on an entrance ramp to Interstate 64 in downtown St. Louis, on the tenth day of protests after former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2011 death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05979304
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Police officers watch protesters from the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05969305
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: A St. Louis police officer takes a report from Richard Williams, 18 and his cousin Johnny Roberts, 29, who were questioned by a police officer who later fled in his car through a crowd of protesters near police headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Protesters dodged the vehicle and nobody was hit, but angered the marchers. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05969306
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: St. Louis Police Sgt. Brian Rossamano (left) talks with State Rep. Bruce Franks after a police officer fled in his car through a crowd of protesters near police headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Protesters dodged the vehicle and nobody was hit, but angered the marchers. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05969307
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: The St. Louis police officer who fled to safety in his car is met by Missouri Highway Patrol troopers after he drove his car through a crowd of protesters near police headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Protesters dodged the vehicle and nobody was hit, but angered the marchers. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05969321
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968617
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968618
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968607
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968608
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Halbert Wilson, 6, sits on the shoulders of his father Toneeko Miller, as the Bellefontaine Neighbors residents join protesters occupying Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968609
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968611
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: State Rep. Bruce Franks (center) joins other protesters occupying Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968610
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968613
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968615
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968612
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968614
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968616
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  • NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
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    NEWS - Protest in St. Louis nach Freispruch eines weissen Polizisten
    September 17, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Protesters occupy Olive Street in front of the St. Louis Police Department headquarters on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. Hundreds are marching for the third day following the not guilty verdict of former St. Louis Police officer Jason Stockley in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05968606
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  • FEATURE - Bilder der Woche
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    FEATURE - Bilder der Woche
    September 16, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States: St. Louis police take a person in custody during a tense stand off with protesters along Delmar Boulevard during a second night of demonstrations on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, after former police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty in the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05967373
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  • FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
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    FEATURE - Elvisimitator ist auch ein Bestatter
    July 31, 2017 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States:Calvin Whitaker joins St. Louis police officers and staff from the Medical Examiner's office as they work in an alley behind homes in the 4100 block of Glasgow Avenue where a man was found fatally shot in Hyde Park. Since 1992, Calvin Whitaker has been called to the aftermath of some of the city’s most violent acts to takes bodies to the morgue after police is called: suicides, natural deaths, overdoses and homicides. Among his more notable transports are the body of Michael Brown, killed in a police shooting in Ferguson, as well as a woman who died of an overdose at the August Busch IV home. He also help causes he believes in: burial of homeless veterans, exhumation of an unidentified murdered child’s remains for forensic analysis, restoration of an overgrown cemetery. About a year ago, Whitaker and his wife, fellow funeral director Chris Whitaker, 38, moved to St. Louis in a house that was for 70 years a funeral home. They fixed it up and are open for business. The funeral home was open to the public for their second annual Halloween party. Chris Whitaker’s love for the profession began when she attended her grandmother’s funeral at 13. She admired how lifelike her grandmother looked in the casket and thought she could someday master makeup for the deceased. She was working at a funeral home where the father of one of Calvin’s friends was laid out. He came to pay his final respects when Chris caught his eye. He offered her a job working with him to collect and deliver bodies to the city’s morgue. Three months after they met, they got married at a funeral home. That was 10 years ago. Though they were inspired to go into the death business when they were young, the Whitakers have taken a different approach to the career than their mentors. There are neatly pressed shirts and black suits in Calvin’s closet, but they hang alongside equally meticulously maintained Elvis jumpsuits, feather boas and other s *** Local Cap
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