This incident in Springfield, Missouri, involved theft of Harris-Walz yard signs (a longer video is here). Trump signs are being stolen, too (see, e.g., video here); people on both sides are doing it. It shouldn’t happen. Legally, yard signs are private property, and taking them is a crime. It[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Missouri’
September 17th, 2019 - 1:16 pm § in Politics
GOP lawmaker claims rape is consensual
CNN reports that Barry Hovis, a Republican and ex-cop elected to Missouri’s legislature in 2018, claimed in support of an unconstitutional anti-abortion bill that most rapes are “date rapes or consensual rapes.” Read story here. I think a lot of women would be surprised to learn th[...]
August 2nd, 2015 - 8:20 pm § in Uncategorized
How St. Louis County municipalities rob poor black people
In Pagedale, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb like Ferguson, town officials raise money by slapping fines on poor black residents. Among Pagedale’s municipal ordinances, according to a local lawyer: “[Y]ou can’t have a hedge more than three feet high. You can’t have a basketbal[...]