In Homicides, There Are Two Cities of St. Louis

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METROSTL.COM • VOL. 2 • No. 6 NEWS & VIEWS FROM SOUTH ST. LOUIS 02.11.2020 - 02.17.2020 • FREE In homicides, there are two cities of St. Louis But most city neighborhoods experienced homicides per , residents Aggravated assault with a gun By neighborhood per , residents aggravated assaults with a gun in 2019 By neighborhood The number indicates 2 The number indicates 20 the neighborhood’s the neighborhood’s .-. ranking in the table ranking in the table by JIM MERKEL But in the Central West End below .-. below of The SouthSider . -. neighborhood, no one was a . -. .-. victim of homicide last year. 18 28 18 .-. LEWIS PLACE — If you .-. 44 According to city police .-. lived in the Lewis Place data, the Central West End .-. 11 13 4 .- 10 neighborhood, you’d have was one of 33 neighborhoods 7 26 Parks 44 7 a quick walk to the Ranken where there were no homi- 5 Parks 2 3 10 12 37 Technical College, the cides in 2019. (Three homi- 36 21 18 26 14 33 6 12 19 6 30 3 Hopewell Village Apartments cides, however, are listed as 13 15 1 37 15 74 28 19 17 34 25 24 and houses of worship such “neighborhood unknown.”) 21 8 50 4 1 11 8 43 31 9 52 63 45 23 as the West Side Missionary In Lewis Place, there were 58 22 20 5 57 53 49 Baptist Church. seven slayings, out of a 79 52 16 78 31 35 16 58 Something else is close – 2010 population of 1,673. 38 45 23 66 27 54 53 63 40 42 54 76 47 48 14 50 worry about personal safety. That gave the neighborhood 61 78 76 68 43 46 42 77 65 27 70 60 70 9 39 In 2019 in Lewis Place, a a homicide rate of 4.18 per 62 67 59 55 72 61 71 38 39 64 65 29 historic neighborhood direct- thousand, the highest among 41 73 55 59 A* 68 74 ly across Delmar Boulevard the city’s 79 neighborhoods. 67 70 47 49 48 72 57 41 69 33 36 from the Central West End Eight neighborhoods had 74 29 64 22 75 neighborhood, one person rates of more than two per 46 25 77 51 35 71 24 73 34 was murdered for every 250 62 56 CITIES 51 75 residents. » SEE • PAGE 12 32 40

30 32 Rate Rate per Poverty, racial divide contribute Pop. per , aggr. assaults Pop. , Neighborhood homicides () residents Neighborhood with a gun () residents 1. Lewis Place 7 1,673 4.18 1. Near North Riverfront 31 553 56.06 to high homicide rate, experts say 2. Riverview 1 304 3.29 2. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 41 1,295 31.66 3. Wells Goodfellow 16 5,895 2.71 3. Fairground 44 1,793 24.54 by BILL BEENE murder rate remained outra- 4. Walnut Park East 11 4,130 2.66 4. Fountain Park 36 1,484 24.26 5. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 3 1,295 2.32 5. Old North St. Louis 44 1,916 22.96 of The NorthSider geously high at 188 bodies 6. Hamilton Heights 7 3,105 2.25 6. Hamilton Heights 70 3,105 22.54 7. North Riverfront 2 937 2.13 7. Mark Twain 88 4,188 21.01 ST. LOUIS – In the past five counted. 8. Fountain Park 3 1,484 2.02 8. Jeff-Vander-Lou 114 5,557 20.51 years, St. Louis has averaged Then came 2017. A record 9. Jeff-Vander-Lou 11 5,557 1.98 9. Peabody Darst Webbe 48 2,378 20.19 10. Penrose 12 6,387 1.88 10. Walnut Park East 81 4,130 19.61 192 homicides, according to 205 homicides were recorded 11. Walnut Park West 6 3,349 1.79 11. Lewis Place 31 1,673 18.53 12. Kingsway East 6 3,542 1.69 12. Wells Goodfellow 108 5,895 18.32 St. Louis Metropolitan Police in the city of St. Louis. The 13. The Greater Ville 10 6,189 1.62 13. Walnut Park West 58 3,349 17.32 Chief John Hayden. following year the numbers 14. College Hill 3 1,871 1.60 14. Downtown 61 3,721 16.39 15. Hyde Park 4 2,668 1.50 15. The Greater Ville 101 6,189 16.32 The numbers are staggering. still hovered close to 200, re- 16. Carr Square 4 2,774 1.44 16. Columbus Square 30 1,869 16.05 17. Academy 4 2,816 1.42 17. College Hill 29 1,871 15.50 There were 188 people cording 186. Then even clos- 18. Baden 10 7,268 1.38 18. Baden 112 7,268 15.41 killed in 2015, the highest it er last year with 194. 19. Fairground 2 1,793 1.12 19. Hyde Park 38 2,668 14.24 20. Old North St. Louis 2 1,916 1.04 20. Riverview 4 304 13.16 had been since 1995 when 21. Visitation Park 1 960 1.04 21. O'Fallon 76 5,791 13.12 22. St. Louis Place 3 2,939 1.02 22. Marine Villa 35 2,691 13.01 there were 204. In 2016, the » SEE HOMICIDES • PAGE 11 23. Downtown West 4 3,940See the 1.02full graphic23. St. PAGE Louis Place 12 38 2,939 12.93 24. Mount Pleasant 4 4,408 0.91 24. The Ville 23 1,868 12.31 25. Dutchtown 14 15,770 0.89 25. Academy 34 2,816 12.07 26. Kingsway West 3 3,441 0.87 26. North Riverfront 11 937 11.74 27. Peabody Darst Webbe 2 2,378 0.84 27. Downtown West 46 3,940 11.68 28. North Pointe 3 3,966 0.76 28. West End 73 6,574 11.10 City honors homeless man 29.forMarine Villa trying to2 help2,691 0.74victim29. Fox Park of hit-and-run29 2,632 11.02 30. Patch 2 2,695 0.74 30. Kingsway East 39 3,542 11.01 31. Vandeventer 1 1,682 0.59 31. Carr Square 29 2,774 10.45 32. Carondelet 5 8,661 0.58 32. Patch 28 2,695 10.39 by JIM MERKEL car after he ran into traffic33. Gravois and Park tried 3 5,225 0.57 33. Kingsway West“Here’s a guy with35 a college3,441 degree 10.17 of The SouthSider to minister to a woman who34. The hadVille also 1 1,868 0.54 34. Mount Pleasantin business management.44 4,408 He can’t 9.98 get 35. Columbus Square 1 1,869 0.54 35. Dutchtown 154 15,770 9.77 been hit by a car. 36. O'Fallon 3 5,791 0.52 36. Gravois Parka job, and it’s really50 getting 5,225 to me, 9.57 be- 37. West End 3 6,574 0.46 37. Penrose 61 6,387 9.55 CITY HALL — In recent weeks, the The woman died, and38. Hithe Pointe man, 1 2,196 0.46 38. McKinley causeHeights I have friends13 and1,497 people 8.68that Board of Aldermen has passed res- Quinton D. Carter Jr., was39. Southwest hospital Garden- 2 4,885 0.41 39. LaSalle Parksay, ‘Hey, there’s plenty11 1,299 of jobs, 8.47 go 40. Forest Park Southeast 1 2,918 0.34 40. Carondelet 72 8,661 8.31 olutions honoring such milestones, ized with a broken collar41. boneTower Grove and East a 2 5,853 0.34 41. Benton Parkget West one,’” Vaccaro 32told 4,404members 7.27 of 42. Downtown 1 3,721 0.27 42. The Gate District 25 3,456 7.23 groups and events as National Human broken leg. But local media43. Skinker lauded DeBaliviere 1 4,077 0.25 43. Botanicalthe Heights Board (McRee Town) of Aldermen. 7 1,037 “We can’t 6.75 Trafficking Awareness Day, the him, and aldermen passed44. onMark Friday Twain a 1 4,188 0.24 44. North Pointejust keep ignoring the26 homeless3,966 peo 6.56 - 45. Midtown 1 5,652 0.18 45. Vandeventer 11 1,682 6.54 Soulard Mardi Gras and the deaths of resolution joining in with46. othersBevo Mill who 1 12,654 0.08 46. Tiffany ple. We can’t just say,6 ‘They1,060 can 5.66 go 47. Tower Grove South 1 13,333 0.08 47. Kings Oak 1 180 5.56 notable citizens. saluted him. Unknown sponsor, spoke3 of Carter’s heroism48. Forest Parkget Southeast a job.’” 15 2,918 5.14 But last week, the board honored a Twenty-Third Ward Alderman and also the need to help the home49. Covenant- Blu Grand Center 17 3,562 4.77 50. Visitation Park 4 960 4.17 homeless man who was struck by a Joseph Vaccaro, the Neighborhoodsresolution’s with noless reported in general. homicides in 51. Bevo Mill » SEE44 HERO12,654 • PAGE 3.48 6 In alphabetical order 52. Skinker DeBaliviere 14 4,077 3.43 53. Central West End 47 14,471 3.25 Neighborhood Pop. () 54. Clayton-Tamm 7 2,251 3.11 48. Benton Park 3,532 64. Kosciusko 14 55. Tower Grove East 16 5,853 2.73

49. Benton Park West 4,404 65. Lafayette Square 2,078 56. Holly Hills 10 3,701 2.70

St. Louis, MO Louis, St. BEST 57.DRINKSTower Grove South 36 13,333 2.70

50. Botanical Heights 1,037 66. LaSalle Park 1,299 Permit No. 5584 No. Permit 58. Midtown 14 5,652 2.48

51. Boulevard Heights 8,708 67. Lindenwood Park IN 9,486 ST.59. LOUISSoulard 8 3,440 2.33

PAID 52. Central West End 14,471 68. McKinley Heights 1,497 60. The Hill 5 2,443 2.05 U.S. Postage U.S. 53. Cheltenham 620 69. Near North Riverfront 4199 553 Manchester61. Clifton Heights Ave. 6 3,074 1.95

54. Clayton-Tamm 2,251 70. North Hampton 7,892 62. Ellendale 3 1,575 1.90 PRSRT STD PRSRT 63. DeBaliviere Place 6 3,466 1.73 55. Clifton Heights 3,074 71. Princeton Heights in 7,619 The Grove · (314) 202-8300 · www.stltiki.bar 64. South Hampton 11 6,904 1.59 56. Compton Heights 1,315 72. Shaw 6,811 65. Southwest Garden 7 4,885 1.43 57. Covenant Blu 73. Soulard 3,440 66. Hi Pointe 3 2,196 1.37 Grand Center 3,562 74. South Hampton 6,904 67. Shaw 9 6,811 1.32 58. DeBaliviere Place 3,466 75. St. Louis Hills 7,373 68. Franz Park 3 2,442 1.23 59. Ellendale 1,575 76. The Gate District 3,456 69. Benton Park 4 3,532 1.13 60. Fox Park 2,632 70. Lafayette Square 2 2,078 0.96 77. The Hill 2,443 71. Compton Heights 1 1,315 0.76 61. Franz Park 2,442 78. Tiffany 1,060 72. North Hampton 6 7,892 0.76 62. Holly Hills 3,701 79. Wydown Skinker 1,054 73. Princeton Heights 5 7,619 0.66 63. Kings Oak 180 74. Lindenwood Park 6 9,486 0.63 75. Boulevard Heights 5 8,708 0.57 NOTE: There were no reported homicides in city parks in 2019. 76. Cheltenham 0 620 0.00 77. St. Louis Hills 0 7,373 0.00 78. Wydown Skinker 0 1,054 0.00 A. Kosciusko* 11 14 785.71 Unknown 13 *According to the 2010 census, Kosciusko had a population of Aggr. assaults 14. In 2019, there were 11 aggravated assaults with a gun. The Park with a gun neighborhood was omitted from the overall aggravated assaults O'Fallon Park 7 Forest Park 2 ranking because of the low population. Penrose Park 4 Carondelet Park 2 Calvary-Bellefontaine Missouri Botanical Garden 0 SOURCES: SouthSider analysis of SLMPD data; U.S. Census data Cemeteries 4 Tower Grove Park 0 SouthSider Fairground Park 2 Willmore Park 0 2 THE SOUTHSIDER FEB. 11-17, 2020

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK by TYRONE Z. McCANTS / for MetroSTL.com What was your best (or worst) Valentine’s Day/dating experience?

“My boyfriend worked as a paramedic and got “I feel every Valentine’s is one of the best days “One of our favorites was when we went called to work. So I stayed at home alone and of the year. It is one of the few days of the year to Santorini, Greece. They are well known drinking wine. He made it up to me eventually.” when everyone decides to relax, take a break for their sunsets and a place called Oia. – Julia Whittle, 25, Central West End and be kind to everyone. I am thankful for that.” We took a memorable sunset cruise. It was – Roland Rhode, 71, south St. Louis County really nice. I would recommend it.” – Gloria and Sam Evans, married 40 years, Central West End

“My girlfriend and I were dating long distance “It was on my 33rd birthday. My best friend “We don’t celebrate Valentine’s, but my favorite for about 3 years. I lived in Texas, and she lived took me to Ruth’s Chris Steak House for anniversary was when I surprised my wife in New York. We missed Valentine’s together. dinner. The restaurant was actually closed with a car. She really wanted a BMW. So I We thought we were not going to see each that day, but my friend was able to reach bought a brand-new 355i BMW and had it gift- other for a while, so I surprised her and took out to the manager to open it just for us wrapped with a bow, then had it placed at a a flight to New York so we could celebrate. so we could have dinner together. It was parking lot of a Walmart. So I drove her to We went out for dinner and had a great night. one of the best birthdays I ever had.” Walmart. As we drove by she pointed at the car That was my favorite Valentine’s experience.” – LaLa, 35, Berkeley and said, “Wow, that is so ghetto for someone – Dillian Everett, 26, Central West End to do that.” I then showed her the keys, and she said, ‘What?’ I handed her the keys and said, ‘Well, that’s yours, ghetto baby.’” – Christopher Zettai, 49, Maryland Heights

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I asked, “What do you mean? Why You take the same hoodie and put it the experience was numbing almost to Clothing comes does society hate him?” on a black male, this is what is whis- the point of embarrassment for some. “Because he is a man with mela- pered: What is he running from? He I often ask myself the question, “If with a label nin. It’s only people with melanin. It’s must have robbed someone and is try- Trayvon Martin had been wearing a only men with melanin. The darker he ing to get away. Why is he wearing a cardigan in lieu of a hoodie, would he is … the worse it is. It’s nobody else.” hoodie in the summer? Surely, he is still be here on this earth, drinking his by PAMELA Queen’s words drowned me like up to something. He is going to break Arizona, eating Skittles and chillin’ HORNSBY-IRVIN a tsunami. I couldn’t breathe. Time into a house or carjack an old lady. with friends?” for MetroSTL.com stood still. Is it 1920 or 2020? I too Any irrational thought to accompany Everything an African-American am a grandmother of a boy with mel- the irrational fear. Suspect. Always male does is suspect: walking down anin, of a darker hue. I felt her pain. suspect. Never given the benefit of the the street in an urban area, walking was dining out in the Delmar Loop What can I do? doubt. down the street in a predominant- with my bestie, and I conjured up To solidify her statement, Queen This is the mentality that made me ly white neighborhood, depositing I a conversation with an African- said, “Check out Tupac’s song delve deeper into my children’s book a large sum of money into his bank American lady who had two beauti- ‘[Changes] That’s Just the Way It Is.’” “Hoodie” – what makes the hoodie account, driving a Benz, driving a re- ful daughters and a most handsome She was specifically referring to these coupled with a boy or male with mel- ally late-model car with a dent in it, 10-year-old son. lines: anin so menacing to other cultures as just driving, purchasing gas, ordering I try to never pass up the opportunity Cops give a damn about a Negro. well as law enforcement. food, using the restroom, breathing. to tell folks about my short film doc- Pull the trigga, he’s a nigga, he’s The book just wasn’t enough. My The list goes on and on. Add a hood- umentary “Hoodie,” which takes aim a hero. … We gotta start making book “Hoodie” was inspired by my ie to the equation and it’s really going at African-American males’ being ra- changes. grandson who was 8 at the time. He to be some trouble. cially profiled and stereotyped by oth- This is America. This is Black loved to wear hoodies. If he was at his This way of thinking has to change. er cultures as well as law enforcement America. bus stop and realized that his hoodie How do we change it, I’m not sure. I because they are wearing a hoodie. Sometimes I just park, sit in my car, wasn’t in close proximity, he would wish I could wave a magic wand and This mother, whom I will refer to as and observe how white people move run back to the house to get it. make it go away. Queen per her request, made the most about in society … how they navigate What was it about the hoodie that One thing that I do know for sure is heart-aching and gut-wrenching state- their way through life. No laugh is too was so encompassing, so necessary, that the subconscious prejudice and ment following my spiel. loud, no group of friends is too big, no apart from it’s being a fashion state- illogical fear concerning males with Queen stared me directly in my eyes appearance of having too much fun is ment? It was his security blanket. melanin and the hoodie has to stop. with pain in her voice and said, “I nev- an issue. They don’t have to be hyper- During the process of filming But for now … er knew the stress that black mothers sensitive to just simply be living. “Hoodie,” I heard so many stories This is America. This is Black went through until I had a son of my A white male can wear a hoodie and from a potpourri of African-American America. own. I cry all the time. I talk to my be given the benefit of the doubt. He’s boys and men painfully recounting Pamela Hornsby-Irvin is a local author son about how society hates him be- probably cold, he’s just jogging, he’s their experience. And you could tell in and documentarian cause he is who he is.” protecting his head from the rain. their delivery and body language that FEB. 11-17, 2020 THE SOUTHSIDER 5 Redevelopment bills introduced for soccer stadium by JIM MERKEL districts and in abatements would be renovated and stay of The SouthSider (reductions) of construction as a city-owned park. materials sales tax and amuse- The bills would officially CITY HALL — A plan to ment tax. declare the area “blighted” provide incentives for a new “Major League Soccer can and call for the condemna- Major League Soccer stadium be huge for the city of St. tion of property at 2008-2012 in St. Louis is now before the Louis,” Reed said. “We know Olive St. Board of Aldermen. just by some of the matches The developer would be Board of Aldermen that they’ve had that there’s required to comply with St. President Lewis Reed intro- a huge appetite for Major Louis city nondiscrimination duced on Friday two bills League Soccer in the city.” requirements for business- setting up a plan to redevel- Reed claimed that only es owned by minorities and op 34.7 acres between Union people who attend the games Rendering courtesy of MLS4THELOU women, along with other re- Station and about 22nd Street would pay anything for the quirements including paying and between Interstate 64 and projects and that others would district to include the project the Blues. prevailing wages. Olive Street. The plan would not be affected. area. The area would include The team would have to be one step in a more than “If you go to the games, if Each district would have a 23.4 acres of Missouri pay the city $15 million if it $500 million project to build a you buy tickets, if you buy 1 percent sales tax. The de- Department of Transportation relocated within 10 years. 22,500-seat professional soc- a beer or soda, a hot dog or veloper would use the money land now used as an exit and However, that amount would cer stadium by March 2022, french fries or anything, what- raised to pay for new public entrance to Interstate 64. The go down each year the team in time for that year’s Major ever you do or spend within infrastructure costs within the state acquired that property stayed within St. Louis. League Soccer season. the stadium, that is what pays project area. decades ago as part of a proj- Market Street would be Reed was excited about the for it,” Reed said. The plan would commit ect to build a Route 755 from rebuilt between 21st and project when he talked to re- The plan calls for 25 years the city to cooperate with the Interstate 70 on the north to 22nd streets, and Clark porters after Friday’s meeting of property tax abatement on team owners to identify oth- Interstates 44 and 55 on the Avenue would be reconnect- of the Board of Aldermen. He the value of any improve- er funding sources, including south. But the state built only ed between those two streets. said the stadium would attract ments on the land. There also the state. part of Route 755 and aban- Twenty-Second Street would 300,000 people to the area on would be a sales tax exemp- According to local media, doned it in the 1970s. be extended south to the I-64 an annual basis, and generate tion on construction materials the state won’t commit $30 There also is 7.55 acres of Service Road. Also, the team about 1,600 construction jobs used in the project. million in tax credits for the local street right of way and owners would have to keep and 200 permanent jobs. Other incentives could in- project but would consider various other property. all facilities in good shape and In the first year, the city clude a transportation devel- about $6 million. Besides the stadium, there work with the St. Louis Land would receive $1.65 million opment district, a community The city promises to work would be team offices, prac- Clearance for Redevelopment in revenue. Also in that first improvement district and po- with the team on such things tice fields, parking facilities Authority to locate potential year, the team would have to- tentially a port improvement as signs, street maintenance and a number of improve- areas for off-street parking for tal benefits of $3.1 million in district, if land is added to and the use of sidewalks, as ments to utilities, sidewalks soccer fans and businesses in revenue from special taxing the St. Louis Port Authority it does with the Cardinals and and streets. Aloe Plaza West the western part of downtown.

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by BILL BEENE Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic it increases risk for overdose,” she training. of The NorthSider opioid that is similar to morphine. said. CareSTL has six trained doctors However, it is 50 to 100 times more Because it takes less fentanyl to get spread throughout its four north city ST. LOUIS — At an annual New potent. While it is a prescription drug, a high, it is considered to be cheaper, locations. Year’s Eve vigil, police Chief John it is also made and used illegally. making it even deadlier. Oftentimes, Heroin addicts are invited to walk in Hayden revealed that while there were Drugabuse.gov describes opioids as users of illicit drugs don’t know that as long as they have been drug free for an alarming 194 homicides last year, a class of drugs naturally found in the their drug of choice is laced with the 12 hours so that drug is absent from 108 more people than that died of opium poppy plant. Some are made life-threatening fentanyl. their system and they are in withdraw- drug overdoses in the city of St. Louis. from the plant directly, and others, According to Turner, when drugs al so they can receive treatment. And as if 302 overdose deaths aren’t such as fentanyl, are made by scien- are shipped to the U.S. from places “In as soon as 15 minutes, they already mind-blowing, the St. Louis tists in labs using the chemical struc- such as China, the fentanyl is already are totally different people,” said Metropolitan Police Department said ture (semi-synthetic or synthetic). mixed in with the other drugs. Regina Askew, CareSTL’s Director of it was important to note that the final When prescribed by a doctor, fen- Darren Wells, a former user, who Behavioral Health. number for last year hasn’t come in tanyl can be administered as a shot, a lost friends to drug overdoses last The clinic has programs that allow yet. patch applied to skin, or as lozenges year, knows all too well about the them to – not only treat and rehabil- The final tally won’t be available sucked like cough drops. danger. “It’s some wicked stuff that itate but – offer integrated an holistic until, maybe, March or April, because The synthetic form of fentanyl, they have going on with that fentan- help, such as counseling, therapy, jobs of the length of time it takes to con- which is associated with the spike in yl – that’s why so many people are and housing resources. firm the deaths by toxicology tests. overdoses, is sold illegally as a pow- OD’ing,” he said. “You have to treat the whole person. To track the numbers, the SLMPD der, dropped onto blotter paper, put “It’s always been like that in the Many of them have been on the drug works with the Medical Examiner’s in eye droppers and nasal sprays, or black community. Drugs were put in for so long that they have neglected Office, City and State Health made into pill that looks like other our community to keep us down, and their health issues like diabetes and Departments and the Fire Department. prescription opioids. they lock us up for it instead of help- eye care and other things,” Askew The following ZIP coded neighbor- On the streets, fentanyl is also being ing us,” Wells said, suggesting that re- said. hoods have the highest reported over- added to not only heroin, but drugs such habilitation be offered instead. “They have so many things that they dose death totals at this time for 2019: as cocaine and methamphetamine. “It’s different,” agrees Deneen have been dealing like trauma, men- • 63111 (Mount Pleasant): 37 “It’s less likely for someone to get Busby, spokesperson for CareSTL, tal illness, grief, imprisonment, pov- • 63116 (Tower Grove South): 26 pure heroin off the streets — it’s like- which has positioned itself on the erty, domestic violence, hopelessness • 63118 (Benton Park West): 26 ly a mixture,” said Dr. Kanika Turner, front line of healing blacks from the and many of these things also lead to • 63112 (Hamilton Heights): 26 a family practice physician who takes effects of opioid and heroin use. drugs because they trying to self-med- These numbers provided by the a focused approach to healing people “There’s such a divide between how icate,” Askew added. SLMPD also included deaths that are addicted to heroin. “Someone who drug addiction is dealt with in the While men in Missouri experienced expected to be drug-related but have really wants to buy cocaine might be black community and the white com- the most overdoses in the CDC report, not been confirmed by toxicology. thinking they’re getting cocaine, but munity. It’s criminalized in our com- women experienced a large percent Roughly 85 to 90 percent of those yet there’s fentanyl in it. munity,” Busby said. change in overdoses from 2005 to drug-related overdose deaths are at- “Fentanyl is so much more potent Growing numbers of overdoses in re- 2006 and 2015 to 2017. tributed to fentanyl. and powerful compared to heroin. So cent years in white communities have Also, In 2017, while the highest caused federal and state governments number of drug overdose deaths oc- to fund health care programs against curred amongst white males, when abuse of opioids. In 2016, CareSTL adjusted by population, Black males applied for – and received – a grant are twice as likely to die from an over- from the federal Health Resources and dose than their white counterpoints. Services Administration. Monies from “Our community is hurting. There the grant go toward Medically Assisted are so many of them who have not had Treatment of opioid addiction. the access to this kind of treatment so The program also requires that ad- they can avail,” said Askew. ministers of MAT, received extensive

HERO “I just also want to thank Quinton » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for the selflessness to go out in the middle of the street and to get hit and Because of reversals in his life, to try to save someone else’s life,”

Subject to credit approval. Income restrictions apply. Carter has been homeless for about a Reed said. “You never know who has year. He’s been working on programs it in them to step out and put them- and activities to get back to work, the selves in danger to help someone else. Unpack your dreams with an resolution said. You have shown by these selfless acts On Feb. 1, he saw a vehicle strike that you have that within you. We all A ordable Advantage mortgage. a homeless woman at Cass Avenue are going to be made better because and 13th Street and then speed away. of it.” Owning a home can be easier than you think, especially It was when he ran into traffic in an The New Life Evangelistic Center with an Aordable Advantage mortgage from Simmons — attempt to help her that himself was has provided Carter with bus tickets with a low down payment, low fixed rate, and flexible credit struck. to travel to see his family in Louisiana terms. All of which makes homeownership simple, “Here’s a guy that goes out, tries to soon. straightforward, and – most importantly – aordable. get somebody, so in my heart, he’s a Speaking to the board, New Life In fact, Simmons oers an entire package of Aordable hero,” Vaccaro said. Evangelistic Center Director Larry Advantage products to help strengthen your finances — Vaccaro is the sponsor of a resolu- Rice said he was shocked when first from checking to mortgages to home improvement loans. tion calling on the city to work with responders said that after Carter had the New Life Evangelistic Center to been at the hospital, he was released So take advantage today. Learn more at remedy code violations so it can re- to the streets. simmonsbank.com/a ordableadvantage open its building at 1411 Locust St. as Carter was scheduled for surgery or visit your nearby branch. a day shelter. The resolution has been this week. referred to the aldermanic Public “My prayer is that we can find him Safety Committee, which Vaccaro a hotel room because after he comes chairs. back from surgery, I don’t want to see Carter, 33, declined an offer to ad- him back out there, and also that we dress aldermen during the ceremony. can get 1411 Locust open again soon But Board of Aldermen President during the day, so he wouldn’t have to Lewis Reed spoke up for him. be out there,” Rice said. FEB. 11-17, 2020 THE SOUTHSIDER 7 T-shirt aims for solidarity and justice in St. Louis by BILL BEENE “I think it’s important for people “They’ve been really popular; of The NorthSider like me in a position of privilege to we’ve already sold out of some siz- stand up,” Walsh said. es,” said Jeff Vines, co-owner of BENTON PARK WEST — A hip “We have to learn about, educate STL Style House along with his twin T-shirt promoting solidarity among ourselves and support others who brother, Randy. racial groups is the latest effort to are not in the position of privilege The T-shirts are red and come in la- keep detainees who can’t make bail and expand our knowledge of others dies’ or unisex sizes. from sitting unnecessarily in the noto- who have a different life experience Vines said his store partnered with rious Workhouse or Medium Security than we have,” said Walsh, who is Walsh because the idea was in line Institution. white and had a solid middle-class with their style. Artist and activist Bryan Walsh of upbringing. “We pride ourselves on making the Screwed Arts Collective created “If we then take time to care and bold statements, and his design is a the T-shirt art and is donating five empathize with others, we all will be reflection of what we do,” Vines said. percent of its sales to the Bail Project. much better off than we are now,” he “We align ourselves with projects that The image is of the St. Louis flag. added. make St. Louis more progressive.” However, the flag’s prominent fleur de Yvette Finley, who has eyes for the If sales continue to go well, Walsh lis symbol, which represents France T-shirt, said she appreciated people said, he will order more and, eventu- and the Frenchmen who founded St. such as Walsh who understand what ally, select other organizations to do- Louis and brought slavery here, is re- humanity is all about and are in favor Bryan Walsh nate funds to. placed with a raised fist. of racial harmony and mutual support. People can also make donations to “We all need to be resisting and And while she has an affinity for the it was more than that,” he said. “So the Bail Project. fighting back on every front, and fleur de lis symbols, she likes Walsh’s many people are unaware that they “I think it’s important to give a per- the raised fist is a pretty good repre- take on the flag with the raised fist were the first to initiate free breakfast centage back,” Walsh said. “If we are sentation of that,” said Walsh, who and will support his effort by buying in schools and free health care and able to help reduce the bail for peo- first conceived the idea during the a T-shirt. making sure people vote, et cetera.” ple, it allow them to get out of the Ferguson protests of 2014. “I think it’s really cool; I have to “Going forward, it’s important that Workhouse and to working their job,” During the protests Walsh saw a have one,” Finley said. “I love sup- we emphasize and represent the soli- Walsh said. similar design idea, but it replaced the porting people who do good in the darity in the raised fist because black The Bail Project is a national re- fleur de lis symbol with a peace sign. community.” She added that the de- people are disproportionately affect- volving bail fund that provides free That didn’t sit well with Walsh’s signed reminded her of the Black ed by bail and put in jail,” he said, bail assistance to low-income indi- creative mind’s eye. Panthers and their “black power” fist. noting that many people are detained viduals who are legally presumed in- “That’s great and nice and all, but And while the fist packs a Black for minor or nonviolent offenses and nocent and whom a judge has deemed it’s wishful thinking, especially at Panther Party inference, Walsh said can’t afford the bail. eligible for release before trial contin- that time – and now,” Walsh said of there were many things to note about A limited edition of 50 T-shirts were gent on paying bail. the peace sign. the group. printed by STL Style House (3159 “We all have to make sure we sup- The raised fist sign, for Walsh, “The Panthers got denigrated in the Cherokee St. at Compton Avenue), port folks in that situation,” Walsh pushes both resistance and solidarity. media because they carried guns, but where they are flying off of the rack. said.

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A monthly gathering for breakfast is held at the Firehouse 282 Restaurant and Bar, 1315 N. Vandeventer Ave. “This is just where we congregate. We meet here once a month to celebrate life,” said June Bryant. FEB. 11-17, 2020 THE SOUTHSIDER 11 HOMICIDES with the police are isolated, a major- » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ity of black officers say the incidents are evidence of a broader problem Support local journalism And it hasn’t stopped. between police and blacks. Only 27 There have already been 16 homi- percent of whites held that view. cides in the city of St. Louis in this The report also found that members year as of Feb. 10. Although the of the public overwhelmingly hold majority of them did not happen in the view that the incidents point to a north St. Louis – which isn’t usually broader racial problem. the case – the St. Louis Metropolitan The firing of St. Louis police offi- Police Department’s North Patrol re- cers last year over racist Facebook corded at least 583 homicides in just posts, uncovered by the Plain View five years. Project, also suggests broader issues The record year (2017) for St. Louis in policing black residents. homicides amounted to 66.1 murders Officers in the Pew report also per 100,000 people. suggested that high-profile incidents When homicides here reached a de- such as Brown’s make policing hard- cade high in 2015, that was the year er. About 9 in 10 (89 percent) of following the unrest and squaring off white officers say policing is harder, Support The NorthSider and of blacks and police officers after the and 81 percent of black officers say shooting death of Michael Brown. the same. SouthSider community newspapers Poverty, which sometimes leads Also, 93 percent of all officers say to the sale of illegal drugs and the they are more concerned about their Step 1. Go to www.patreon.com/metrostl resultant violence, remains a major safety. As well, 75 percent of officers root cause of crime, according to say they have become less willing to Step 2. Pick a level of support: academics. stop and question people who seem “High-poverty areas generally ex- suspicious – in other words, many of- hibit higher crime rates, especially ficers may be “de-policing.” Subscriber - $20 per month violent crime,” Alan Berube of the Still, other factors may be contribut- Brookings Institution said in testify- ing to the high number of homicides. Supporter - $50 per month ing before a House Ways and Means There is only a 31 percent closure rate subcommittee on income security in St. Louis in homicide cases. That Gold Supporter - $100 per month and family support in 2007. “In these suggests that about 69 percent of the neighborhoods, the social penalties killers remain on the street. Platinum Patron - $250 per month for criminal activities may be lower, But that percentage may be much and reduced access to jobs and quali- higher. The SLMPD acknowledg- Each level comes with special perks. ty schools may lower the opportunity es on its website that closing a case ALL come with home delivery of every new issue costs of crime.” doesn’t mean it has been solved, or of The NorthSider and The SouthSider. “Growing up in extreme pover- even that a suspect has been arrest- ty exerts powerful pressures toward ed. The website states: “A ‘cleared’ crime,” researchers D. Stanley Eitzen case is one where investigators have and Janis E. Johnston explain in their determined who is responsible for the 2016 book, “Inequality: Social Class crime and the person has either been and Its Consequences.” arrested or arrest is not possible be- They add, “The fact that those pres- cause the suspect is deceased, incar- sures are overcome by some individ- cerated elsewhere, etc.” uals is testimony to human strength Sgt. Keith Barrett in the SLMPD’s and resiliency.” public information office said in In St. Louis, more than 50 percent response to questions from The of blacks live below the poverty line, NorthSider that St. Louis officers according to Data USA. were not “de-policing,” and that of- White counterparts living in pov- ficers did not say their job was more erty in the city of St. Louis make difficult to do because of increased up less than 20 percent of the white tension between police and black population. residents. The poverty percentage gap be- When asked whether officers were tween blacks and whites is nearly as concerned about their safety because wide as that represented by the differ- of that tension, Barrett replied, “No, ence in the numbers of homicide here. the concern for safety is due to more Of the 194 homicides here last year, firearms in the possession of violent 175 of the victims were black and 15 criminals.” were white. Barrett attributed the low homicide Studies in recent years have ques- solution rate largely to lack of wit- tioned whether “de-policing” has aid- nesses willing to provide evidence. ed and abetted the spike in homicides, “The difficulty in successful pros- particularly among blacks. ecution is mainly due to witness reluctance to come forward with in- REPORT CITES RISING TENSION formation,” he said. “Most often it’s In a Pew Research Center report, because of the fear of retaliation.” “Police, Fatal Encounters and The report did not include issues in- Ensuing Protests,” three in four offi- cluding racist attitudes among some cers say interactions between police law enforcement officers, such as and blacks in their community have those posted in the Plain View Project. grown more intense. Accordingly, In 2018, Circuit Attorney Kimberly about 72 percent say their colleagues Gardner identified several police of- are less willing now to stop and ques- ficers deemed rogue and said she tion people who seem suspicious or would not accept cases from them. to use force, even when it appears Though some say those cases point appropriate. to a lower prosecution rate in some While two-thirds of police officers crimes (because of questionable po- (67 percent) say the highly publicized lice integrity), most of those case do deaths of blacks during encounters not involve homicides. 12 THE SOUTHSIDER FEB. 11-17, 2020

homicides per , residents Aggravated assault with a gun cases of aggravated assault CITIES By neighborhood per , residents » CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 By neighborhood with a firearm. In those two The number indicates 2 The number indicates 20 categories, those three areas the neighborhood’s the neighborhood’s thousand, while the rate in .-. ranking in the table ranking in the table were as safe as any place in below .-. below 23 neighborhoods was more . -. the world. . -. than one per thousand. .-. People from St. Louis 18 .-. 18 It’s one more aspect of the .-. 28 44 County, where she works as a .-. Delmar Divide revealed in a .-. 11 13 Special School District teach- 4 .- 10 review of neighborhood sta- 7 26 er in the Lindbergh School Parks 44 7 tistics for homicides and ag- 5 Parks 2 District, have asked Savio gravated assaults by a gun in 3 10 12 37 whether she hears gunshots 36 21 18 26 14 33 2019. 6 12 19 6 30 3 in her city neighborhood. 13 15 1 An analysis by the 37 15 74 28 19 “When I say I live by Ted 17 34 25 24 21 8 50 4 NorthSider and SouthSider 1 11 8 Drewes, I live in St. Gabriel’s 43 31 9 52 63 45 23 58 22 20 5 newspapers showed that 57 53 49 parish, I live by Francis Park, 79 52 16 78 31 when it comes to violence, 35 16 58 the county folks know that,” 38 45 23 66 27 there are effectively two cit- 54 53 63 40 42 54 76 47 48 14 said Savio, who has lived 50 61 78 76 68 43 46 42 ies of St. Louis, with approxi- 77 65 27 70 60 70 9 39 in the neighborhood for 34 62 67 59 55 72 61 71 38 mately equal populations. 39 64 65 29 years. 41 73 55 59 A* 68 74 In one, generally made up 67 70 47 49 48 72 57 41 69 Crime can happen any- of the Central Corridor and 33 36 where, said Savio, who is 74 29 64 22 75 much of south St. Louis, 46 25 77 51 35 over 60. She mentioned an in- a total of six people were 71 24 73 34 cident in 2000 when a woman murdered last year. In a sec- 62 56 was killed in the West County 51 75 ond, consisting of the north 32 40 Center parking lot. side and southeast St. Louis, Most people would not be 30 32 there were 188 homicides. surprised to hear that most Rate Rate per Homicides by police officers Pop. per , aggr. assaults Pop. , violent crime occurs on the is not included in those num- Neighborhood homicides () residents Neighborhood with a gun () residents north side. One would only 1. Lewis Place 7 1,673 4.18 1. Near North Riverfront 31 553 56.06 bers because they are classi- 2. Riverview 1 304 3.29 2. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 41 1,295 31.66 have to watch the local eve- 3. Wells Goodfellow 16 5,895 2.71 3. Fairground 44 1,793 24.54 fied differently. Last year city 4. Walnut Park East 11 4,130 2.66 4. Fountain Park 36 1,484 24.26 ning news to see the dai- police killed eight people. 5. Mark Twain I-70 Industrial 3 1,295 2.32 5. Old North St. Louis 44 1,916 22.96 ly reports of violence. But 6. Hamilton Heights 7 3,105 2.25 6. Hamilton Heights 70 3,105 22.54 “I look, to be certain; wher- 7. North Riverfront 2 937 2.13 7. Mark Twain 88 4,188 21.01 Board of Aldermen President 8. Fountain Park 3 1,484 2.02 8. Jeff-Vander-Lou 114 5,557 20.51 ever I’m at, I look around. I 9. Jeff-Vander-Lou 11 5,557 1.98 9. Peabody Darst Webbe 48 2,378 20.19 Lewis Reed was nonethe- make sure if I’m driving, if 10. Penrose 12 6,387 1.88 10. Walnut Park East 81 4,130 19.61 less shocked at how stark the 11. Walnut Park West 6 3,349 1.79 11. Lewis Place 31 1,673 18.53 somebody’s standing by my 12. Kingsway East 6 3,542 1.69 12. Wells Goodfellow 108 5,895 18.32 difference is between city car, they should have a rea- 13. The Greater Ville 10 6,189 1.62 13. Walnut Park West 58 3,349 17.32 neighborhoods. 14. College Hill 3 1,871 1.60 14. Downtown 61 3,721 16.39 son to be standing by it,” said 15. Hyde Park 4 2,668 1.50 15. The Greater Ville 101 6,189 16.32 “It’s stunning,” Reed said. 16. Carr Square 4 2,774 1.44 16. Columbus Square 30 1,869 16.05 Terrance Morgan, 68, a day 17. Academy 4 2,816 1.42 17. College Hill 29 1,871 15.50 He said the numbers should porter who was walking on 18. Baden 10 7,268 1.38 18. Baden 112 7,268 15.41 be a sobering wake-up call. 19. Fairground 2 1,793 1.12 19. Hyde Park 38 2,668 14.24 Lewis Place Saturday when 20. Old North St. Louis 2 1,916 1.04 20. Riverview 4 304 13.16 “What this lays out so 21. Visitation Park 1 960 1.04 21. O'Fallon 76 5,791 13.12 a reporter asked about the ar- 22. St. Louis Place 3 2,939 1.02 22. Marine Villa 35 2,691 13.01 clearly also are the effects of ea’s homicides. Morgan also 23. Downtown West 4 3,940 1.02 23. St. Louis Place 38 2,939 12.93 a long history of institution- 24. Mount Pleasant 4 4,408 0.91 24. The Ville 23 1,868 12.31 has cameras by his house. 25. Dutchtown 14 15,770 0.89 25. Academy 34 2,816 12.07 alized racism,” Reed said. 26. Kingsway West 3 3,441 0.87 26. North Riverfront 11 937 11.74 Morgan, who lives in the 27. Peabody Darst Webbe 2 2,378 0.84 27. Downtown West 46 3,940 11.68 That included the Team 4 Fountain Park neighbor- 28. North Pointe 3 3,966 0.76 28. West End 73 6,574 11.10 plan, which removed many 29. Marine Villa 2 2,691 0.74 29. Fox Park 29 2,632 11.02 hood west of Lewis Park, is 30. Patch 2 2,695 0.74 30. Kingsway East 39 3,542 11.01 of the resources from the 31. Vandeventer 1 1,682 0.59 31. Carr Square 29 2,774 10.45 on the safety committee of 32. Carondelet 5 8,661 0.58 32. Patch 28 2,695 10.39 north side. (See MetroSTL. his neighborhood and cleans 33. Gravois Park 3 5,225 0.57 33. Kingsway West 35 3,441 10.17 com for our four-part do- 34. The Ville 1 1,868 0.54 34. Mount Pleasant 44 4,408 9.98 streets near his home. He’s 35. Columbus Square 1 1,869 0.54 35. Dutchtown 154 15,770 9.77 cu-series, “Benign Neglect”, 36. O'Fallon 3 5,791 0.52 36. Gravois Park 50 5,225 9.57 organizing a community yard 37. West End 3 6,574 0.46 37. Penrose 61 6,387 9.55 to learn about the history of sale for the Lewis Place and 38. Hi Pointe 1 2,196 0.46 38. McKinley Heights 13 1,497 8.68 the “Team Four Plan”.) 39. Southwest Garden 2 4,885 0.41 39. LaSalle Park 11 1,299 8.47 Fountain Park neighborhoods 40. Forest Park Southeast 1 2,918 0.34 40. Carondelet 72 8,661 8.31 “You had a government that to raise money for more secu- 41. Tower Grove East 2 5,853 0.34 41. Benton Park West 32 4,404 7.27 42. Downtown 1 3,721 0.27 42. The Gate District 25 3,456 7.23 had taken a position to delib- rity cameras in the area. 43. Skinker DeBaliviere 1 4,077 0.25 43. Botanical Heights (McRee Town) 7 1,037 6.75 erately devalue an entire side 44. Mark Twain 1 4,188 0.24 44. North Pointe 26 3,966 6.56 Crystal Porter, 40, a nurse 45. Midtown 1 5,652 0.18 45. Vandeventer 11 1,682 6.54 of the city,” Reed noted. who lives on Lewis Place, 46. Bevo Mill 1 12,654 0.08 46. Tiffany 6 1,060 5.66 Reed’s analysis is serious, 47. Tower Grove South 1 13,333 0.08 47. Kings Oak 1 180 5.56 said she felt safe on her street Unknown 3 48. Forest Park Southeast 15 2,918 5.14 and so is the extent of the 49. Covenant Blu Grand Center 17 3,562 4.77 but not in surrounding areas. 50. Visitation Park 4 960 4.17 problem. “What do I do to keep safe? Neighborhoods with no reported homicides in 51. Bevo Mill 44 12,654 3.48 Last year’s statistics show In alphabetical order 52. Skinker DeBaliviere 14 4,077 3.43 Mind my business and stay to 53. Central West End 47 14,471 3.25 that almost no one in large Neighborhood Pop. () 54. Clayton-Tamm 7 2,251 3.11 myself,” she answered. 48. Benton Park 3,532 64. Kosciusko 14 55. Tower Grove East 16 5,853 2.73 parts of central and most of Linda Savio has a very dif- 49. Benton Park West 4,404 65. Lafayette Square 2,078 56. Holly Hills 10 3,701 2.70 south St. Louis died by homi- 57. Tower Grove South 36 13,333 2.70 ferent experience just a few 50. Botanical Heights 1,037 66. LaSalle Park 1,299 58. Midtown 14 5,652 2.48 cide. But in north and south- 51. Boulevard Heights 8,708 67. Lindenwood Park 9,486 59. Soulard 8 3,440 2.33 miles south. Savio, a teacher 52. Central West End 14,471 68. McKinley Heights 1,497 60. The Hill 5 2,443 2.05 east parts of city, the murder who lives in south St. Louis, 53. Cheltenham 620 69. Near North Riverfront 553 61. Clifton Heights 6 3,074 1.95 rate was nearly twice as high. 54. Clayton-Tamm 2,251 70. North Hampton 7,892 62. Ellendale 3 1,575 1.90 63. DeBaliviere Place 6 3,466 1.73 said she felt basically safe 55. Clifton Heights 3,074 71. Princeton Heights 7,619 Statistics show that the over- 64. South Hampton 11 6,904 1.59 living her St. Louis Hills 56. Compton Heights 1,315 72. Shaw 6,811 65. Southwest Garden 7 4,885 1.43 all murder rate in St. Louis neighborhood. 57. Covenant Blu 73. Soulard 3,440 66. Hi Pointe 3 2,196 1.37 is the highest in the country Grand Center 3,562 74. South Hampton 6,904 67. Shaw 9 6,811 1.32 “I hear about crime, yes, but 58. DeBaliviere Place 3,466 75. St. Louis Hills 7,373 68. Franz Park 3 2,442 1.23 among big cities. I have not been a victim, oth- 59. Ellendale 1,575 76. The Gate District 3,456 69. Benton Park 4 3,532 1.13 Using the city population 60. Fox Park 2,632 70. Lafayette Square 2 2,078 0.96 er than my garage has been 77. The Hill 2,443 71. Compton Heights 1 1,315 0.76 from the 2010 census, the 61. Franz Park 2,442 78. Tiffany 1,060 72. North Hampton 6 7,892 0.76 broken into,” said Savio, who 62. Holly Hills 3,701 79. Wydown Skinker 1,054 73. Princeton Heights 5 7,619 0.66 2018 homicide rate for the 63. Kings Oak 180 74. Lindenwood Park 6 9,486 0.63 was approached Saturday 75. Boulevard Heights 5 8,708 0.57 city of St. Louis was 58.3 per by a reporter as she and her NOTE: There were no reported homicides in city parks in 2019. 76. Cheltenham 0 620 0.00 100,000 residents. In 2019, 77. St. Louis Hills 0 7,373 0.00 son Matt, 23, walked next to 78. Wydown Skinker 0 1,054 0.00 the rate was 60.8 per 100,000 Francis Park near St. Gabriel A. Kosciusko* 11 14 785.71 Unknown 13 residents, an increase of 4.3 Catholic Church. *According to the 2010 census, Kosciusko had a population of Aggr. assaults percent. The St. Louis Hills, 14. In 2019, there were 11 aggravated assaults with a gun. The Park with a gun “What you’re showing here neighborhood was omitted from the overall aggravated assaults O'Fallon Park 7 Forest Park 2 Wydown Skinker and ranking because of the low population. Penrose Park 4 Carondelet Park 2 is the enormous inequality in Cheltenham neighborhoods Calvary-Bellefontaine Missouri Botanical Garden 0 lethal violence in the city,” SOURCES: SouthSider analysis of SLMPD data; U.S. Census data Cemeteries 4 Tower Grove Park 0 had no homicides and no SouthSider Fairground Park 2 Willmore Park 0 said Richard Rosenfeld, an FEB. 11-17, 2020 THE SOUTHSIDER 13 emeritus professor of criminolo- must be used on the north side, Reed gy at the University of Missouri-St. said. Louis. Rosenfeld has studied neighborhood-level crime in St. Louis and THE CURE VIOLENCE PROGRAM is not surprised by the increasing Reed also criticized the delay in im- violence. plementation of the Cure Violence “In some neighborhoods in St. program and changes proposed by the Louis, one finds homicide rates that city Health Department to start with rival those in the most violent coun- just one program site instead of the tries in the world,” he said. “In many funded three. other neighborhoods, conditions are In October, the Board of Aldermen far safer.” and the Board of Estimate and In fact, the per-thousand rate in the Apportionment voted to appropriate second city of St. Louis is nearly twice $5 million on the anti-violence pro- as high as in El Salvador, which has gram, on top of $2 million that al- the highest murder rate in the world. ready had been allocated for it. The According to the website World Health Department was named to ad- Population Review, the murder rate PHOTO BY JIM MERKEL / SouthSider minister the program. But according in El Salvador was .618 per thousand Linda Savio and her son, Matt, live in St. Louis Hills. “I hear about crime, yes, to Reed’s office, no checks have been in 2017, slightly higher than in all of but I have not been a victim, other than my garage has been broken into,” she issued yet. St. Louis. said. No homicides were reported in the neighborhood in 2019. It is also one Cure Violence is based on the idea Neighborhoods with high rates of of the three city neighborhoods that had no reported aggravated assaults with that trained contractors can intervene homicide tend to have high pover- a gun that year. in neighborhood conflicts before they ty levels and joblessness, Rosenfeld become deadly. Proponents say the said. Commonly, they’ve also experi- method has brought sharp reductions enced substantial losses in population. ‘In some neighborhoods in St. Louis, one finds homicide rates in shootings and murders where it’s that rival those in the most violent countries in the world. been tried in other cities. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS In many other neighborhoods, conditions are far safer.’ Even though there is money for WITH A GUN three sites, the health department is In addition to a rising homicide rate, RICHARD ROSENFELD dragging its feet, Reed said. He add- St. Louis has also seen an increase Emeritus professor of criminology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis ed that there was a possibility that the in aggravated assaults with a gun. In city could get additional corporate 2019, there were 2,537 aggravated funding so as many as six sites could assaults with a gun, an 8.8 percent ‘It’s stunning. What this lays out so clearly also are the be operated. increase over 2018’s figure of 2,332 effects of a long history of institutionalized racism. “The money’s been in place since such incidents. You had a government that had taken a position to September and October,” Reed said. “Aggravated assault is assault that deliberately devalue an entire side of the city.’ “This is the crisis of our day. Nothing results in or threatens serious bodily else should matter. People’s lives are injury or that is committed with a fire- LEWIS REED at stake on a daily basis.” arm,” according to Rosenfeld. Board of Aldermen President City Health Director Dr. Frederick In a paper on firearms assault in St. Echols strongly disagreed. Louis, he wrote that the rate of fire- “The health department is not in the arms assault in St. Louis was far high- ‘The Chief believes that addressing the specific business of politicizing lives,” Echols er than the average for other large issues in these designated areas [Crime Reduction said. U.S. cities. Zones] will again assist us in dropping the overall Echols said he was meeting his To deal with high crime in the crime rate, including gun crime, and making the goal of opening a site in the Wells- neighborhoods most seriously affect- City of St. Louis a safer place to live and visit.’ Goodfellow neighborhood by April. ed, city Police Commissioner John Sites will open later in the Walnut Hayden identified an area of espe- OFFICER MICHELLE WOODLING Park and Dutchtown neighborhoods, cially high violent crime in north SLMPD Public Information Officer he said. St. Louis that’s become known as Echols insists it would be a mistake “Hayden’s Rectangle.” to rush, considering how complicated Hayden’s Rectangle is generally work, or visit in the city of St. Louis, take a sustained, all-of-the-above ap- the issues are. bounded by Dr. Martin Luther King your safety matters. That’s why proach, which we remain solely com- “That’s something that we can’t put Jr. Drive on the south, West Florissant Mayor Krewson has been intently fo- mitted to doing.” together overnight,” he said. Avenue on the north, Vandeventer cused on addressing violent crime on Woodling addressed the issue of Echols noted that the neighbor- Avenue on the east and a line just both the prevention and enforcement Crime Reduction Zones by saying, hoods with the highest murder rates west of Goodfellow Boulevard on the sides. “The Chief believes that addressing were below the poverty level, lacking west. “For example, the city has stepped the specific issues in these designat- things such as education and access to To attack the problem, Hayden up its efforts to provide summer jobs ed areas will again assist us in drop- resources. worked with the city police Crime for youth and young adults, to address ping the overall crime rate, including “They essentially become disen- Analysis Unit, which reviewed five problem properties and vacant build- gun crime, and making the City of St. franchised from our community,” he years of historical data. ings, and to pair community health Louis a safer place to live and visit.” said. “The review confirmed that focus- workers with police officers who Woodling said that in 2018, there Fixing this crisis of violence faced ing on the designated area would like- are responding to calls in challenged were 23 fewer homicides and 113 by families living in the most violent ly be beneficial in our effort to reduce neighborhoods so we can better con- fewer victims of aggravated assaults city neighborhoods will not be easy. violent crime, and his focus would nect victims to services. It is our hope with firearms within the Rectangle “Long-term reductions will re- be time well-spent,” said city police that programs like this will address than in 2017. quire broader policies to ameliorate public information officer Michelle socioeconomic causes of crime be- However, the number of homicides the economic and social conditions Woodling. fore they become criminal. rose from 68 in 2018 to 70 in 2019, – poverty, joblessness and racial seg- After that, the chief began sending “But the city is also focused on ad- while aggravated assaults with a fire- regation that breed the hopelessness police from the Bureau of Specialized dressing chronic understaffing at the arm jumped from 598 in 2018 to 675 and alienation of our fellow citizens,” Enforcement into the area. Police lat- police department by making it eas- in 2019. Rosenfeld wrote in the St. Louis Bar er created additional Crime Reduction ier for the department to retain and Reed criticized the fact that the num- Journal. Zones for the Central Patrol and the attract dedicated officers. And Mayor ber of murders increased in the latest “No quantity or quality of policies South Patrol. Krewson is championing com- statistics for Hayden’s Rectangle. on firearms legislation can effectively Hayden and Public Safety Director mon-sense gun legislation at the state “We’re going to have to embrace address the social inequalities that are Jimmie Edwards declined to and local levels to try and keep guns public safety and policing strategies reflected in the unequal distribution comment. out of the wrong hands, like juveniles that have proven to work,” Reed said. of firearm violence in our city and Mayor Lyda Krewson’s spokesman, and prior offenders, and to better pro- The same economic development nation.” Jacob Long, sent this statement: tect witnesses of crimes. 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