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Man charged after shooting at officers in south St. Louis Sunday

8 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS -- A man is facing charges for shooting at police officers early Sunday morning. The St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office has charged Derek Morado Gama, 20, with assault and armed criminal action. He is in jail with no bond allowed. Three officers were driving in the 4900 block of Christy Sunday, just after [...]
Joe Millitzer

Letter To The Editor: Statement SURJ's Erin Heaney on the White Supremacist Murder of Black Residents in Jacksonville, Fla.

8 months 1 week ago
Letter To The Editor: “White supremacist violence is never the product of a ‘lone shooter’. The white man who murdered AJ Laguerre Jr., Jerrald De'Shaun Gallon, and Angela Michelle Carr in Jacksonville this weekend acted as part of white supremacist culture and white nationalist networks that are further emboldened by anti-Black rhetoric and policies like those pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida. "White people have a responsibility to actively engage other white people where they’re at and invite them into other ways of being together besides racism. We must do this before they are organized by violent, racist networks to harm our Black and brown neighbors. That means, to end white supremacist violence in this country, we need millions more white people to join us in organizing white people away from racism and into multiracial fights for justice.” — Erin Heaney, Executive Director, Showing Up for Racial Justice

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E-Bike Industry Blames Consumers For Fires In Effort To Undermine ‘Right To Repair’ Laws

8 months 1 week ago
Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars […]
Karl Bode