https://davidcarsonphotos.com/ 2026-03-16 weekly 1.0 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/multimedia-copy 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/bio 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/avaanddad.jpg https://davidcarsonphotos.com/contact 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/ferguson-michael-brown 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Ferguson-Text.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 9, 2014 On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer in Missouri, shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man. Some witnesses say Brown had his hands raised over his head and was surrendering. Another account, according to an investigator, is that Brown assaulted Wilson, reached for the officer's gun and was charging toward the officer when he was shot. Brown's death sparked a massive response from those upset with what they viewed as an unjustified shooting and the continued targeting of African-American people by police. A candlelight vigil on Sunday, Aug. 10 for Brown turned violent as police and protesters squared off. The outnumbered police withdrew from the area to call in back up and crowds began to loot businesses and riot in the streets. Weeks of sustained, sometimes violent, protests followed. On the most intense nights of unrest some protesters threw rocks, bottles, Molotov cocktails, fired gunshots and set fires. In response police used tear gas, rubber bullets and flashbang grenades to break up the crowd. The days and weeks have stretched into months of protests. Protesters are calling for the arrest of Officer Wilson on murder charges and are seeking wider systematic change. Local, state and federal officials have all launched investigations into the shooting. Currently the region is waiting for the grand jury's decision about whether or not Officer Wilson will face charges in connection with the shooting. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140809-DC-Ferguson-Shot5a.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 9, 2014, Uncle The pavement still wet from being hosed down to wash blood off the road, Pastor Charles Ewing grieves and prays near the spot his nephew Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Ewing was the first person to stand on the spot after the crime scene tape came down and police left the area. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFergusonBig01.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140809-DC-Ferguson-Shot10.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 9, 2014, Police Dogs Police officers confront a crowd they're trying to break up a on Canfield Dr. in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed18 year-old man, and community members turned out large numbers at the scene to express their outrage. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140809-DC-Ferguson-Shot11.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 9, 2014, Hands Up "Don't shoot us" cries out the crowd as they confront police officers arriving to break up a crowd on Canfield Dr. in Ferguson, Mo. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed18 year-old man, and community members turned out large numbers at the scene to express their outrage. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140809-DC-Ferguson-Shot9.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 9, 2014, Crowd & Police Police officers speak to a man as they try to calm down and break up a crowd on Canfield Dr. in Ferguson on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed18 year-old man, and community members turned out large numbers to express their outrage. Police officers eventually withdrew from the apartment complex. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140810-DC-Riots18.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 10, 2014, QuikTrip Looting A looter takes items from inside the QuikTrip in 9400 block of W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Rioters set fire to the store about an hour later. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFerguson04.jpg A looter armed with a gun in his waist band steals items from inside the QuikTrip on W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Looting and riots broke out at the end of a candle light vigil for Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year-old who was shot and killed by police. The looters later burned the store after police withdrew from the area to wait for reinforcements. A looter armed with a gun in his waist band steals items from inside the QuikTrip on W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Looting and riots broke out at the end of a candle light vigil for Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year-old who was shot and killed by police. The looters later burned the store after police withdrew from the area to wait for reinforcements. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140811-DC-QuikTrip-burns.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 10, 2014, QuikTrip Burns The QuikTrip in 9400 block of W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. burns after being looted by rioters on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. The looting and riots began after a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown when confrontions between police and protesters spiraled out of control. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140810-DC-Riots4.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 10, 2014, QuikTrip Burns The QuikTrip in 9400 block of W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. burns after being looted by rioters on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. The looting and riots began after a candlelight vigil for Michael Brown when confrontions between police and protesters spiraled out of control. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140811-DC-Ferguson-Monday5.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 11, 2014, Tear gas A man stare defiantly at police was he walks through a cloud of tear police deployed to dispersed a crowd at the corner of Lang Drive and W. Florissant Avenue on in Ferguson, Mo. Monday Aug. 11, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues10B.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 12, 2014, Sniper A police sharp shooter keeps an eye on protesters along W. Florissant Avenue near the QuikTrip that was burned down a few days earlier in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues3.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 12, 2014, QuikTrip Burnt Brent Kirby (center), 23, from Florissant, and Del Foster (right), 20, from Ferguson, check out the burnt out QuikTrip in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. The QuikTrip, that was burned down by looters two days earlier, become a focal point for clashes between police and protesters. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues6.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 12, 2014, Moms and Cops Women argue with police officers to let them pass and go home because they were afraid of being near the protest scene with their children if things turned violent along W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. The women were eventually allowed to pass, but not without a heated argument between them, the crowd and the police. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues19.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 12, 2014, Protester Stare Protesters cover their face as they look toward the police blocking W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 near the QuikTrip that was burned down a few days earlier in Ferguson. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140813-DC-Weds-Protest-2.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues18.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 12, 2014, Cops Stare St. Louis County police officers watch as a group of protesters leave the area near the QuikTrip that was burned down a few days earlier in W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. Earlier in the night police showed restraint not shooting at a car that drove at high speed towards them stopping just thirty yards short of them. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140812-DC-Ferguson-Tues13.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 13, 2014, Buttons St. Louis County police officers keep an eye out for two armed men as they search the woods for gunmen along W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2014. A short time earlier police shot and critically wounded a different armed man. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140814-DC-Ferguson-Thurs4.jpg Hassan on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Hassan on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140813-DC-Weds-Protest-8.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 13, 2014, Buttons Buttons that state, "Justice for Michael Brown, " are sold from a box by a vender near the QuickTrip at 9240 W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140813-DC-Family-Protest.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 13, 2014, Family Terrell Williams El, comforts his daughter Sharell Williams, 9, as Temika Williams, 6, (bottom) stays close to her mom Shamika Williams, and sister Shanell Williams, 2, near a line of police in riot gear on West Florissant Ave. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140813-DC-Weds-Protest-9.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 13, 2014, Tear Gas Dragon A protester takes cover as he crouches down to protect himself from tear gas and flash bangs exploding around him that were fired police fired to break up a crowd on W. Florissant Avenue in Fergson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Shortly before this picture was shot the protester ran up, grabbed a tear gas canister and threw it back at the police. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CARS2433B.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140814-DC-Ferguson-Thurs1.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 14, 2014, Marchers A crowd of protesters gather near the spot where Mike Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Canfield Drive after they marched from Chamber Road on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140814-DC-Ferguson-Thurs12.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 14, 2014, Peaceful Night Keith Lovett (left), Melik Smith, Victoria Smith, Linda Smith and Antonio McDonald(right) hold candles during a gathering of people at the QuikTrip in Ferguson Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Thursday marked the first peaceful night protests since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140817-DC-Ferguson-Sun7.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 17, 2014, Side Street Kids Friends Jaishyne Brister, 8, Jermell Sane, 11, Martez Bryant, 13, Armoni Whitaker, 10, and Chase Brister, 12, pose for a picture on Ward Drive in Ferguson a few blocks away from the honking and chants of protesters at the Mike Brown protests at the QuikTrip on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140817-DC-Ferguson-Sun45.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 17, 2014, My Mike Brown This is my Mike Brown" says Jamile Thompson, of St. Louis City, as she holds her son Carter Ramey, 18 months, while calling out to cars passing the burnt out QuikTrip W. Florissant Avenue on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-disptch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140817-DC-Ferguson-Sun1.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 17, 2014, Watchful Jamel Easley, from the Walnut Park neighborhood in St. Louis city, takes in the scene from on top of a van parked at the corner of Canfield Drive and W Florissant Avenue on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-disptch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-04.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 18, 2014, Down Time Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team watch movies at the command center as they wait for a call to help deal with crowds of people along W. Florissant Road in Ferguson, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFergusonBig11.jpg Reverend Michael Boehm says a prayer during roll call with police officers and St. Louis County Police tactical team as they make a plan for how to deal with crowds of people along W. Florissant Road in Ferguson on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Reverend Michael Boehm says a prayer during roll call with police officers and St. Louis County Police tactical team as they make a plan for how to deal with crowds of people along W. Florissant Road in Ferguson on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-19.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 18, 2014, Arrest A man who did not follow police orders is arrested during demonstration along W. Florissant Road in Ferguson on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-20.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 18, 2014, Ready A group of protesters looks at a line of police gathered near the QuikTrip on Florissant Road in Ferguson, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/TacTeamTearGas1b.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 18, 2014, Launch A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team fires rounds of tear gas into a crowd of people in response to a series of gunshots fired at the police during demonstrations along W. Florissant Road near the QuikTrip in Ferguson, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Protesters also threw bottles and rocks with at least one rock striking an officer in the arm. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-24.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, hurt protester Members of the Missouri Highway Patrol tactical team treat an injured man found in a ditch during demonstrations along W. Florissant Road near the QuikTrip in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-25.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, Busted Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team take a truck load of 12 people into custody after they stopped it driving along W. Florissant Road near Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed a large Molotov cocktail from the truck. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-27.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, Concealed Gun A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team reacts after finding a gun on a man who was riding a truck with 11 other people when it was stopped along W. Florissant Avenue near Canfield Drive in Ferguson on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed a large Molotov cocktail from the truck. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-29.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, Molotov Cocktail A Molotov cocktail sits near a police car after it was removed from a truck carrying 12 people when it was stopped along W. Florissant Avenue near Canfield Drive in Ferguson on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The police also found two loaded guns on the people in the truck. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-31.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, Arrests Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team take a truck load of 12 people into custody after they stopped it driving along W. Florissant Road near Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The police found two loaded guns on the people in the truck and removed a large Molotov cocktail from the truck. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140818-DC-Tac-team-39.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 19, 2014, Exhaustion A member of the St. Louis County Police tactical team sleeps in the back of the team's armored truck after arriving back at the command post W. Florissant Avenue at about 2:49 A.M. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140824-DC-W-Florissantsat.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 24, 2104, Differences A Peace keeper (center left) and an man who was giving an impassioned speech advocating for a more confrontational protest argue near the McDonalds on W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Sunday, Aug 24, 2014. There was a debate in the crowd about what type of protest was going to be taking place with some people advocating a peaceful protest and others seeking a more confrontational approach. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140825-DC-Burial-1jpg.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 25, 2014, Cemetary The casket of Michael Brown is taken by horse and carriage through St. Peters Cemetery to his gravesite in Normandy, Mo. on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/MikeBrowngrave.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140917-DC-love-Ferguson3.jpg Elaine Wirt (left), Peggy Faul, and Brian Fletcher go over some paper work about the I ❤ FERGUSON committee at Corner Coffee House in Ferguson on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The committee that is selling the I ❤ FERGUSON shirts, buttons and yard signs recently received a letter from a man claiming the shirts violate his trademark on I ❤ FERGUSON. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Elaine Wirt (left), Peggy Faul, and Brian Fletcher go over some paper work about the I ❤ FERGUSON committee at Corner Coffee House in Ferguson on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. The committee that is selling the I ❤ FERGUSON shirts, buttons and yard signs recently received a letter from a man claiming the shirts violate his trademark on I ❤ FERGUSON. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/MikeBrownSunset.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Aug. 26, 2014, Sunset A small group protesters march along W. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. The large crowds and vocal protesters from earlier in the protests have mostly disappeared now. Typically there has been less than a 100 people along W. Florissant protesting during the evening hours. Some nights there have only been a couple of dozen people. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140908-DC-Hanley-Protests4.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Sep. 10, 2014, Scattered Members of the crowd scatter as police rush into a sea of people in an attempt to make an arrest during a demonstration on Hanley Road at Interstate 70 in St. Louis County on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Protesters had announced their intention to shutdown traffic on Interstate 70 to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer but police block protesters access to the highway. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140908-DC-Hanley-Protests7.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Sep. 10, 2014, Shut It Down Cleo Willis (center) yells to fellow demonstrators squaring office with police who were blocking the on ramp to Interstate 70 East at Hanley Road during a demonstration in St. Louis County on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Protesters had announced their intention to shutdown traffic on Interstate 70 to protest the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer but police blocked protesters access to the highway. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/140923-MB-Memorial-Burn4.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Sept. 2, 2014, Burned & Rebuilt Tim Sneed kneels at Michael Brown's memorial that had burned earlier in the day as a new pile of stuffed animals and items began to appear at the spot on Canfield Drive on Tuesday, Sept. 23. The fire started somewhere between 6:30 and 7 A.M https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Bassame-Marsi-Updated.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141010-DC-Clayton-March6-_1_.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Oct. 10, 2014, Rainy Protest Lakeyra Stephens, 20, takes shelter from the rain under her umbrella after she marched with protesters around downtown Clayton during the first Ferguson October protests on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. About 400 people too part in the march and protest aimed at getting justice for Michael Brown and to get St. Louis County prosecuting attorney's Bob McCulloch to step aside and bring in a special prosecutor. Stephens, a Webster University student from Texas, says she showed put show solidarity with the protesters. She went on to say that she was surprised by the level of segregation she sees in St. Louis compared to Texas. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141010-DC-Ferguson-PD7.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Oct. 10, 2014, Reflection Protesters confront police officers lined up outside there Ferguson police department with a mirrored coffin made of broke glass during a Ferguson October protests on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141011-DC-Ferguson-Oct-2.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Oct. 11, 2014, Chant People chant before the start Ferguson October march in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, October, 11, 2014. Thousands of people took part in the march down Market Street and rally in Kiener Plaza. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFerguson07b.jpg Thousands of protesters from around the country march towards Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis during the Ferguson October rally on Saturday, October, 11, 2014. The unrest in Ferguson rising from the death of Michael Brown spread around the world on social media and was beginning to grown into a movement. Thousands of protesters from around the country march towards Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis during the Ferguson October rally on Saturday, October, 11, 2014. The unrest in Ferguson rising from the death of Michael Brown spread around the world on social media and was beginning to grown into a movement. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Flag-fight2d.jpg Michael Brown Jr., Oct. 19, 2014, My Flag Michael Brown protesters fight to regain control of a flag that was taken by a football fan (right) leaving the Edward Jones Dome after the St. Louis Rams game in St. Louis on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014. Several fights erupted in a confusing and hectic scene as fans and protesters mixed after the game. Police arrested two protesters but no fans as a result of the melee. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141122-DC-Ferguson.jpg Lisa Johnson, 49, from Northwoods, walks out of the Ferguson Market & Liquor store on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. "They're not going to make the right decision" said Johnson expressing concern about the grand jury's decision that is expected to be released any day now. "If they're going to continue to kill our children we should be able to sue those officers." Johnson's daughter and three grandchildren live on Canfield Drive. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Lisa Johnson, 49, from Northwoods, walks out of the Ferguson Market & Liquor store on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. "They're not going to make the right decision" said Johnson expressing concern about the grand jury's decision that is expected to be released any day now. "If they're going to continue to kill our children we should be able to sue those officers." Johnson's daughter and three grandchildren live on Canfield Drive. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141116-DC-MB-100-days6.jpg Snow falls on Michael Brown's memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. It has been 100 days since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Aug. 9th. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Snow falls on Michael Brown's memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. It has been 100 days since Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer on Aug. 9th. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-announcement3.jpg Police officers gather around a television in the unified commend center at the Westfall Plaza shopping center to watch the announcement of the grand jury's decision to not file charges against Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Police officers gather around a television in the unified commend center at the Westfall Plaza shopping center to watch the announcement of the grand jury's decision to not file charges against Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-Masked-Up.jpg Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team respond to a call for help on S. Florissant Avenue on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team respond to a call for help on S. Florissant Avenue on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-Gas.jpg Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team are engulfed in tear gas as they try to disperse a crowd near the Ferguson police station on S. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Members of the St. Louis County Police tactical team are engulfed in tear gas as they try to disperse a crowd near the Ferguson police station on S. Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-Beauty-Town-3.jpg Police officers gather outside the Beauty Town building as it is engulfed in flames on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Police officers gather outside the Beauty Town building as it is engulfed in flames on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-Beauty-Town-Burn.jpg St. Louis County Police tactical team arrive on W. Florissant Avenue to disperse crowd as the Beauty Town store burns on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis County Police tactical team arrive on W. Florissant Avenue to disperse crowd as the Beauty Town store burns on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-on-guard.jpg A police officer keeps an eye out for movement along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Smoke from a burning building can be seen rising to the right. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A police officer keeps an eye out for movement along West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Smoke from a burning building can be seen rising to the right. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141123-DC-Lootingarrest.jpg Police officers take a group of people into custody on New Halls Ferry Road on suspicion of looting in Ferguson on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Police officers take a group of people into custody on New Halls Ferry Road on suspicion of looting in Ferguson on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141129-DC-Sat-protest-8.jpg A protester balances along the curb while marching past a line of police flipping them off during a demonstration along Hanley Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A protester balances along the curb while marching past a line of police flipping them off during a demonstration along Hanley Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141125-DC-CWE-Protest.jpg Protesters lay down in the street to block Lindell Boulevard at Whittier Street in St. Louis on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. About 100 people marched through the Central West End neighborhood occasionally blocking traffic but were peaceful in their demonstrations. After a short while police ordered the protesters out of the street and they complied, got up and left the area. They were protesting the grand jury's decision not to charge Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Micael Brown. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-disaptch.com Protesters lay down in the street to block Lindell Boulevard at Whittier Street in St. Louis on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. About 100 people marched through the Central West End neighborhood occasionally blocking traffic but were peaceful in their demonstrations. After a short while police ordered the protesters out of the street and they complied, got up and left the area. They were protesting the grand jury's decision not to charge Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Micael Brown. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-disaptch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/GunDriverFinished.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141129-DC-Sat-protest-26.jpg A protester lights a flag on fire outside the Ferguson police department on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. The protester needed to add an accelerant to the flag to get it to burn when they he was unable to get it to ignite with just a lighter. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A protester lights a flag on fire outside the Ferguson police department on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. The protester needed to add an accelerant to the flag to get it to burn when they he was unable to get it to ignite with just a lighter. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141129-DC-Sat-protest-5.jpg "Black lives matter" shout protesters Daniel Conford (left), Tracy Parks, Ashley Carter, Judy Lucas and Luke Davis(right) as they all link arms and face off to police at during a demonstration along Eager Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com "Black lives matter" shout protesters Daniel Conford (left), Tracy Parks, Ashley Carter, Judy Lucas and Luke Davis(right) as they all link arms and face off to police at during a demonstration along Eager Road on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141130-DC-Target-Protest1.jpg Amelia Alonzo, 9, and her mother Tracy Alonzo look over an aisle where protesters were holding a 4.5 minute die in at the Target in St. Louis County off of South Lindbergh Boulevard on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. "We're explaining to her that people need their voices to be heard and that there is nothing scary going on here" said Tracy Alonzo "We support the protesters, I was was excited to see them here". The protesters marched around the store and chanted for 20 minutes before leaving. Other shoppers had a different reaction to the protests and were visibly shaken by what they saw and heard. Earlier the protesters also marched and chanted in the Walmart off of Telegraph Road. Both stores announced they were closing early and police ordered the protesters to leave, which they did. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Amelia Alonzo, 9, and her mother Tracy Alonzo look over an aisle where protesters were holding a 4.5 minute die in at the Target in St. Louis County off of South Lindbergh Boulevard on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014. "We're explaining to her that people need their voices to be heard and that there is nothing scary going on here" said Tracy Alonzo "We support the protesters, I was was excited to see them here". The protesters marched around the store and chanted for 20 minutes before leaving. Other shoppers had a different reaction to the protests and were visibly shaken by what they saw and heard. Earlier the protesters also marched and chanted in the Walmart off of Telegraph Road. Both stores announced they were closing early and police ordered the protesters to leave, which they did. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141204-DC-2Flag-Burn1.jpg Protesters burn an American flag across the street from the Ferguson police department to taunt National Guard troops and police lined up outside the station on Thursday, Dec. 4. 2014. After the flag burned protesters threw the flag on the ground and National Guard troops walked across the street and picked up the charred remnants of flag so they could properly dispose of it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Protesters burn an American flag across the street from the Ferguson police department to taunt National Guard troops and police lined up outside the station on Thursday, Dec. 4. 2014. After the flag burned protesters threw the flag on the ground and National Guard troops walked across the street and picked up the charred remnants of flag so they could properly dispose of it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141204-DC-2Flag-Burn3.jpg Missouri National Guard soldiers Sgt. First Class Eric Allison (left) and Major Lance Dell collect pieces of an American flag protesters burned and tossed to the ground outside the Ferguson police department Thursday, Dec. 4. 2014. "They're treating it as trash, it's not trash to us. We're not going to let them throw it on the ground and leave it there" said Dell. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Missouri National Guard soldiers Sgt. First Class Eric Allison (left) and Major Lance Dell collect pieces of an American flag protesters burned and tossed to the ground outside the Ferguson police department Thursday, Dec. 4. 2014. "They're treating it as trash, it's not trash to us. We're not going to let them throw it on the ground and leave it there" said Dell. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFerguson11.jpg Joshua Williams (left center) and Nicholas Austin Jackson shout at St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson (left) as he tries to give a presentation during the second meeting of the Ferguson Commission in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Some in the crowd stood and turned their back on Dotson as he spoke, others heckled him. Ferguson Commission member and Director of the Missouri Department of of Public Safety Dan Isom is pictured to the right. Isom was the St. Louis chief of police before Dotson. The Ferguson Commission was created by the governor of Missouri to attempt to come up with solutions for the issues a raised by the Ferguson protests. Joshua Williams (left center) and Nicholas Austin Jackson shout at St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson (left) as he tries to give a presentation during the second meeting of the Ferguson Commission in St. Louis on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Some in the crowd stood and turned their back on Dotson as he spoke, others heckled him. Ferguson Commission member and Director of the Missouri Department of of Public Safety Dan Isom is pictured to the right. Isom was the St. Louis chief of police before Dotson. The Ferguson Commission was created by the governor of Missouri to attempt to come up with solutions for the issues a raised by the Ferguson protests. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/POYiFergusonBig28.jpg Toni Martin (center) cries out on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 as she talks to police at the scene where her son Antonio Martin, 18, was fatally shot Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Toni Martin (center) cries out on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 as she talks to police at the scene where her son Antonio Martin, 18, was fatally shot Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141224-DC-Berk-Shooting9.jpg Police and protesters get into a physical fight on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 on the lot of gas station where a teenager was fatally shot by a police officer late Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Police and protesters get into a physical fight on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 on the lot of gas station where a teenager was fatally shot by a police officer late Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141224-DC-Berk-Shooting7.jpg Two men arrested by police during a fight are seated next to a police cruiser on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 on the lot of a gas station where teenager was fatally shot late Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. The fight broke out after the body of the teen was removed and police and protesters got into a shoving match. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Two men arrested by police during a fight are seated next to a police cruiser on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 on the lot of a gas station where teenager was fatally shot late Tuesday Dec. 23, 2014 at a Mobil gas station on North Hanley Road in Berkeley. The fight broke out after the body of the teen was removed and police and protesters got into a shoving match. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141231-DC-Police-Station14.jpg Protest leader Deray McKesson(right) stands in the crowd of protesters as police officers line up protecting the entrance to the St. Louis Police Headquarters after the police pushed out the crowd trying to rush in and occupy the lobby of the station on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Protest leader Deray McKesson(right) stands in the crowd of protesters as police officers line up protecting the entrance to the St. Louis Police Headquarters after the police pushed out the crowd trying to rush in and occupy the lobby of the station on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141231-DC-Police-Station8b.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/141231-DC-Police-Station19a.jpg A protester runs away from police after she pushed a metal barricade in their direction outside the St. Louis Police Headquarters on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. She was arrested a short time later. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A protester runs away from police after she pushed a metal barricade in their direction outside the St. Louis Police Headquarters on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. She was arrested a short time later. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Ferguson-Aftermath-Beauty2.jpg Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown | Simple Image Page View Ferguson Uprising, Michael Brown by Simple Image Page. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_fdy3es_10---230327-DC-Doyle-Ferguson01.jpg Troy Doyle Sworn in as Ferguson police chief Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle has his badge pinned onto his uniform by his wife Yolanda Doyle during a swearing-in ceremony at Ferguson City Hall on Monday, March 27, 2023. Doyle recently retired from the St. Louis County Police Department as a lieutenant colonel after more than 30 years of service. Doyle will be tasked with compliance and implementation of policies related to a Department of Justice consent decree after an investigation in 2015 revealed a pattern of unlawful conduct in the Ferguson police department. Doyle said he hopes to use technology and data to combat crime and said enforcing traffic laws to make the streets safer would be a priority. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_qpuvck_240809-DC-Ferguson-10th-01.jpg Ferguson 10th Anniversary Lezley McSpadden-Head visits the grave of her son Michael Brown at Saint Peter's Cemetery in Normandy on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. Friday was the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed on Canfield Drive by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Brown's killing was the catalyst for protests and unrest around the world that focused on police accountability and civil rights and breathed life into the Black Lives Matter movement. About a half dozen family and friends joined McSpadden-Head at the grave where they laid down roses and released doves. She says she prefers to have a quiet day to remember her son on the anniversary of his death but celebrated her son's birthday in May with a party where local high school graduates were awarded college scholarships Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_l2mmom_240810-DC-Ferguson-04.jpg Ferguson officer in critical condition with brain injury Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle gives a press conference on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 about the incident outside the Ferguson Police station on Friday night where a Ferguson officer was injured and is listed in critical condition with a brain injury. Officer Travis Brown was hurt in a chaotic scene where police were moving in to arrest people who damaged a fence around the police station. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_dszyt5_220809-DC-Ferguson07.jpg Eighth anniversary of Michael Brown shooting Dorian Johnson stands to the side away from the crowd during a memorial for Michael Brown on Canfield Drive in Ferguson on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. The spot on Canfield Drive is where Michael Brown laid four and half hours after he was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014. Family, friends, local activists and community members gather at the spot every year before a ceremony on Aug. 9th to mark the shooting. Brown's death ignited a new era of social activism and civil rights protests in the United States. Johnson was with Michael Brown when the shooting happened and the only known witness to the entire event, spoke to the crowd at the memorial. "I feel the pain of the family. It's been a long time since I've been back" said Johnson who moved out of state to because he said he needed a fresh start. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_djlaa1_250810-DC-TJ-Brown1.jpg Ferguson holds prayer, reflection, and healing ceremony dedicated to officer Travis “T.J.” Brown April Peterson, center, from Bridgeton, prays during prayer, reflection, and healing ceremony dedicated to Ferguson police officer Travis “T.J.” Brown outside police station in Ferguson on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. Officer Brown was sustatined a traumatic brain injury a year ago when a protester who police were trying to arrest ran into Brown, knocking the officer backwards and causing his head on the ground. Peterson says came to the ceremony because she knew Brown through her church. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_sduapm_36-200529-DC-STL-Protest04.jpg Protesters march St. Louis streets in solidarity with Minneapolis Tyler Harris, center, from University City, marches with an image he created of George Floyd, the man who was killed by Minneapolis Police, as other protesters raise their fists and chant during a pause in the march along Jefferson Avenue on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds marched through the streets occasionally stopping in the middle of the road to chant and block traffic. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_uvgxfd_37-200529-DC-STL-Protest10.jpg Protesters march St. Louis streets in solidarity with Minneapolis Marquies Hagins, lifts up his son Dante Bradley, 18 months, as he gets out of his car on his way home from work on Friday, May 29, 2020, and briefly joins protesters who were blocking the road during a march around St. Louis. The march was being held to show solidarity with Minneapolis protesters demonstrating about the killing of George Floyd. "When he grows up we want him to have a life," said Hagins. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_fuspkj_38-200529-DC-STL-Protest13.jpg Protesters march St. Louis streets in solidarity with Minneapolis A man threatens protesters with a club as they surround him after he drove partway into a group of people demonstrating along Market Street in St. Louis on Friday, May 29, 2020. Hundreds marched around St. Louis to show solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis who are demonstrating about a police officer killing George Floyd. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_ffa2x2_40-200531-DC-Sunday-Protest06.jpg Protests in Richmond Heights Two women who live near the Richmond Heights police department walk past Missouri National Guard soldiers lined up on Dale Avenue on Sunday, May 31, 2020. The women did not want to be identified. Missouri National Guard soldiers were tasked with protecting the area around the Richmond Heights police department and fire station. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_iovaru_41-200531-DC-Sunday-Protest24.jpg Protests in Richmond Heights Protesters and a car full of people get into a fistfight in front of the Richmond Heights Police station on Sunday, May 31, 2020. The motorists were upset protesters were blocking traffic on Big Bend Boulevard. The motorists got out of their car and walked towards protesters when the fight started. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_z75ip8_42-200601-DC-O-Fallon-March01.jpg O'Fallon, Mo. police chief marches with protesters O'Fallon police chief Tim Clothier, center, marches arm and arm with Ryan Staples, to his left, and Jalen Thompson, to his right, at the front of a march for George Floyd in O'Fallon, Mo. on Monday, June 1, 2020. Thompson and some friends helps organize the march with the help of the police. About 1,500 -2000 people showed up to march. Clothier said he took part in the demonstration to show solidarity with the marchers and he condemned the officer's actions in Minneapolis as an "embarrassment to our profession". Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_k10cbn_43-200601-DC-O-Fallon-March08.jpg O'Fallon, Mo. police chief marches with protesters Jenny Shull skateboards at the front of a crowd marching for George Floyd down Bryan Road in O'Fallon, Mo. on Monday, June 1, 2020. About 1,500 -2000 people showed up to march. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_ys9po0_44-200601-DC-O-Fallon-March16.jpg Downtown St. Louis riot A police officer and his dog watch looters leave the Fresh Image store on Tucker Boulevard in St. Louis on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. After a peaceful day of protests things devolved into a full-scale riot with looting, fires, general lawlessness and four police officers shot in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_uvbc12_45-200601-DC-O-Fallon-March14.jpg Downtown St. Louis riot A car burns at the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Tucker Boulevard on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. After a peaceful day of protests things devolved into a full-scale riot with looting, fires, general lawlessness and four police officers shot in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_1dq2s9_46-200601-DC-After-Riot23.jpg Morning after riots in St. Louis A St. Louis firefighter walks through the parking lot of the 7-11 on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, that was looted and burned on Monday at the start of a riot in downtown St. Louis. After a peaceful protest during the day in downtown St. Louis, the night became violent with four police officers being shot, buildings looted, fires set, lots of gunfire and general lawlessness. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_v8jwgb_47-200603-DC-St-Charles-March20.jpg Protest march for George Floyd in St. Charles "I'll say it....George Floyd" says St. Charles Police Officer Dan Allen, right, as he is surrounded by protesters challenging him to say George Floyd's name during a protest march in St. Charles on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Police shut down parts of First Capital Drive to keep the protesters safe during the march. The mayor of St. Charles Dan Borgmeyer marched with hundreds of protesters. The peaceful march lasted for about 2 hours, no one was arrested. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_cnvaet_48-200609-DC-Dorn8.jpg Visitation for retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn A police officer holds a prayer card and funeral program for retired St. Louis police captain David Dorn during a visitation for Dorn at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Dorn was shot and killed by looters outside of Lee's Pawn and Jewelry in North City in the early morning hours of June 2. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_df9cm4_49-200604-DC-Brentwood-March01.jpg Protest march from Brentwood Promenade in St. Louis County Protester Gina Gowdy carries a flag at the front of a protest march for George Floyd as she rides on the top of the pace car leading people through the streets of Richmond Heights on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The protesters marched from Target down to Walmart on Hanley Road. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_tq1kxs_50-200604-DC-Brentwood-March03.jpg Protest march from Brentwood Promenade in St. Louis County The Rev. Darryl Gray leads more 1,000 people on a protest march for George Floyd in Richmond Heights on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The protesters marched from the Brentwood Target down to the Walmart on Hanley Road. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_tu55n9_51-200604-DC-Brentwood-March20a.jpg Protest march from Brentwood Promenade in St. Louis County A Chesterfield Police officer accepts a flower from Marvin-Alonzo Greer during a protest march or George Floyd on Hanley Road in Brentwood on Thursday, June 4, 2020. The protesters marched from the Brentwood Target down to Walmart on Hanley Road and back. "I give out flowers to remind the police officers of who they serve." said Greer. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_90pgb2_52-200605-DC-Grove03.jpg Pride is Cancelled march in St. Louis Anya Lanka, left, and Gretta Henderson dance through a Soul Train-like line down the middle Forest Park Avenue during a protest march in St. Louis on Friday, June 5, 2020. The march of about 550 people went from The Grove out to Forest Park Avenue to Kingshighway and back to The Grove. Marchers were demanding justice for black trans people. Police blocked traffic for the marchers along the route. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_h4vs00r2_ggm7zt_53-200605-DC-Grove16.jpg Pride is Cancelled march in St. Louis Dariyha Randall, 5, raises her fist in the air with her mother Breanna Smith as they watch a protest march move past them on Forest Park Avenue in St. Louis on Friday, June 5, 2020. The march of about 550 people went from The Grove out to Forest Park Avenue to Kingshighway and back to The Grove. Marchers were demanding justice for black trans people. Police blocked traffic for the marchers along the route. "We all gotta stand together," says Smith. 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Dr. Jane Turner, an assistant medical examier, in the autospy room of the morgue in St. Louis. Turner took part in the investigation to identify the torso that was recovered from the Mississippi River. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_2u8sjkcu_ru5ysg_220415-DC-Silica-Mine2alt.jpg Neighbors oppose Ste. Genevieve County silica mine Wind blows hair into the face of Adilynn Eckenfels, 6, holding her cat Snowy in the driveway of her family's farm off Highway 32 in rural Ste. Genevieve County on Friday, April 15, 2022. A company has proposed building a silica mine near from the family's home and farmland where they raise cattle. Adilynn's father Chris Eckenfels is concern that the silica dust from proposed mine could have negative impact on her health. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---057.jpg Walter J. Heiman, 103, is one of a growing population of centenarians in the United States. Born into a wealthy German family at the beginning of the 20th century he had every adavantage in life starting out. He volunteered to fight for Germany in WWI but was forced to flee his homeland before the start of WWII to escape Hilter's percecution of the Jewish people. After arriving in America at the age of 37 with his pregant wife he build multi-million dollar company from the ground up. still does 20 minutes of calisthenics on bed several times a week. Until a few months ago he used to go swimming four times a week. "Sometimes an easy life makes you soft. A hard life makes you hard" said Heiman who fought in WWI for Germany and then fled Germany before the start of WWII to escape Hitler. Photo By David Carson/PD Walter J. Heiman, 103, is one of a growing population of centenarians in the United States. Born into a wealthy German family at the beginning of the 20th century he had every adavantage in life starting out. He volunteered to fight for Germany in WWI but was forced to flee his homeland before the start of WWII to escape Hilter's percecution of the Jewish people. After arriving in America at the age of 37 with his pregant wife he build multi-million dollar company from the ground up. still does 20 minutes of calisthenics on bed several times a week. Until a few months ago he used to go swimming four times a week. "Sometimes an easy life makes you soft. A hard life makes you hard" said Heiman who fought in WWI for Germany and then fled Germany before the start of WWII to escape Hitler. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/9812Braun_Kip-Keri.jpg Siblings Kip and Cari Braun clown around in Marco Island YMCA pool. Since moving from Michigan the two youngsters have made their mark on local swimming. Siblings Kip and Cari Braun clown around in Marco Island YMCA pool. Since moving from Michigan the two youngsters have made their mark on local swimming. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-MLK-and-Seay.jpg Friday January 14, 2005--St. Louis area civil rights leader Norman Seay first meet Dr. Martin Luther King in March of 1964. Seay describes his meeting with King that day as one of the highlights of his life. Photo By David Carson/PD Friday January 14, 2005--St. Louis area civil rights leader Norman Seay first meet Dr. Martin Luther King in March of 1964. Seay describes his meeting with King that day as one of the highlights of his life. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---060.jpg 00011184-NPP-001 The 2005 Illinois mens basketball team Luther Head, top left, Dee Brown, top right, Deron Williams, center, James Augustine, bottom left, and Roger Powell, bottom right, display some of the fire that propelled them to finisht the regular season 29-1 in Champagne, Ill. on Thursday March 3, 2005. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/130604-DC-Father-Son7bw2.jpg Father son look-a-like contest winners Mark Schroeder (left), 50, and Orville Schroeder, 73. Father son look-a-like contest winners Mark Schroeder (left), 50, and Orville Schroeder, 73. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/41-CD-DC-Laumeier-Knode-2.jpg Portraits & Illustrations | Simple Image Page View Portraits & Illustrations by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Grid--Jim-McKelvey.jpg Jim McKelvey, Square Entrepreneur and co-founder of Square Jim McKelvey, from St. Louis, is starting two new enterprises, LaunchCode and SixThirty, to help grow startups and develop programing talent in St. Louis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/a17-LS-DC-Carney-Harley1.jpg Friday July 16, 2010--KMOX radio personality John Carney doesn't own a motorcycle but he lusts for a Harley-Davidson. The father of four, including two young children, doesn't believe a Harley could accomodate a child seat. For this picture Carney climbed on a 2010 Dyna Wide Glide at Doc's Harley-Davidson in Kirkwood. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday July 16, 2010--KMOX radio personality John Carney doesn't own a motorcycle but he lusts for a Harley-Davidson. The father of four, including two young children, doesn't believe a Harley could accomodate a child seat. For this picture Carney climbed on a 2010 Dyna Wide Glide at Doc's Harley-Davidson in Kirkwood. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-SAMMIE-JONES-9-11.jpg CD DC SAMMIE JONES 9-11 August 2002--“They attacked us. That brought us together” said Pastor Sammie E. Jones of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Jones says that for some African Americans, patriotism is a double edged sentiment, given that they are the descendants of slaves and still witness social and racial injustices in this country. He fears an encroachment on civil liberties in the United States in the name of homeland security. Jones, a U.S. Army veteran, said that America is his home too-and that people of all colors and creeds died in the terror attacks. "No matter what, I still love my country.” says Jones. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/60-10-CarsD-02.jpg “Everybody was on edge.... people were coming to me and telling me about people they thought were suspicious." said Russell Dam, a member of Missouri National Gaurd who was called up after 9-11 to provide airport security. “Everybody was on edge.... people were coming to me and telling me about people they thought were suspicious." said Russell Dam, a member of Missouri National Gaurd who was called up after 9-11 to provide airport security. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Memorial-Day-DC_1.jpg 00003819-1 Three Granite City Soldiers Pfc. Richard N. Kimball Jr., left, Pfc. William C. Hinkle, center, and Sgt. Michael E. Adams were killed in Vietnam within five days of each other in November 1967. The three soldiers will be specially honored during a ceremony on Memorial Day in Granite City. Photo Illustration by David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-12-Bradford-Jackson-NewA.jpg Saturday September 3, 2011--St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, left, and running back Steven Jackson will lead the Rams revamped offense for the 2011 season. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Saturday September 3, 2011--St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, left, and running back Steven Jackson will lead the Rams revamped offense for the 2011 season. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Lindenwood-Ghost1.jpg Michelle Giessman, director of student housing at Lindenwood, stands in the common area of Sibley Hall on the Lindenwood campus in St. Charles. For decades, freshman at Lindenwood University have heard the tales about deceased founder Mary Sibley roaming the campus, Giessman and a few professors and long time staffers say the stories are real. A picture of Mary Sibley can be seen to the right hanging on the wall. This image was made during a 15 second exposure using a flashlight to light the room, the technique is called painting with light. Michelle Giessman, director of student housing at Lindenwood, stands in the common area of Sibley Hall on the Lindenwood campus in St. Charles. For decades, freshman at Lindenwood University have heard the tales about deceased founder Mary Sibley roaming the campus, Giessman and a few professors and long time staffers say the stories are real. A picture of Mary Sibley can be seen to the right hanging on the wall. This image was made during a 15 second exposure using a flashlight to light the room, the technique is called painting with light. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_2u8sjkcu_76h327_250801-DC-SCRABBLE06.jpg Word Cup 2025, competitive Scrabble tournament “It makes people laugh” says Henry Moses, from San Antonio, TX, about his T-shirt as he poses for a protrait during the early bird rounds of the Word Cup 2025 competitive Scrabble tournament at Union Station in St. Louis on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_2u8sjkcu_xva4n7_250829-DC-Paint-Louis02a.jpg Paint Louis 2025 Red Vales pose for picture with her Yorkie Mimi on Friday, Aug. 29. 2025 in front of a freshly created black background that will have a mural painted on it as part of Paint Louis 2025 in St. Louis. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_2u8sjkcu_8c3pdu_151021-DC-Landfill-Evac7.jpg Family evacuation drill in case of West Lake Landfill radioactive plume emergency Zephyr Meadows, 5, plays with a Santa hat and googles form an old Halloween costume in the living room of her home in St. Charles County on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Zephyr's family has an evacuation plan they practice in case they need to evacuate their home if a radioactive plume of smoke is released from the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_2u8sjkcu_z02ir7_250903-DC-FUFU-N-Sauce-13c.jpg FUFU N’ Sauce FUFU N’ Sauce’s chef Adjo Honsou, photographed on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 in the resturant’s store front that opened in June of 2025. https://davidcarsonphotos.com/heroin-in-st.-louis 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://davidcarsonphotos.com/death-on-the-rails 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Deathrailstext.jpg Microsoft Word - Document1 Microsoft Word - Document1 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/01-CD-DC-Trains-After-School.jpg Middle School students from Nipher Middle School in Kirkwood walk a well worn path that leads them across a set of railroad tracks on their way home after school on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Everyday more than a dozen students take the same path across the tracks as they walk both to and from school. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Middle School students from Nipher Middle School in Kirkwood walk a well worn path that leads them across a set of railroad tracks on their way home after school on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. Everyday more than a dozen students take the same path across the tracks as they walk both to and from school. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/02-CD-DC-Train-Cam-Dad1.jpg Darryl Vennard (right) holds back tears as he listens to his son Ben Vennard playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in a tribute Cam Vennard, Darryl's son and Ben's brother, during memorial concert in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Darryl Vennard (right) holds back tears as he listens to his son Ben Vennard playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in a tribute Cam Vennard, Darryl's son and Ben's brother, during memorial concert in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/03-Killed-by-Trains.jpg Cam Vennard, Mary Gaffney, Anna Marie Stickel, and Kristen Bowen all killed on train tracks. Cam Vennard, Mary Gaffney, Anna Marie Stickel, and Kristen Bowen all killed on train tracks. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/04-CD-DC-Train-Inside-out.jpg Conductor Doug Lanier keeps an eye out the front window of a train as it rolls through a street crossing in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday July 11, 2012. The train ride Lanier was on was part of training ride for police officers taking part in an Operation Lifesaver training session. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Conductor Doug Lanier keeps an eye out the front window of a train as it rolls through a street crossing in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday July 11, 2012. The train ride Lanier was on was part of training ride for police officers taking part in an Operation Lifesaver training session. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/05-CD-DC-Train-Sign-down.jpg A no trespassing along the Union Pacific line in Kirkwood is over grown with weeds, as seen on Sunday, Dec, 9, 2012, near the spot where Cam Vennard was killed by a train as he walked along the tracks in May of 2012. The sign was put up shortly after Cam was killed and was flattened to the ground a few weeks later, where it has remained ever since. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A no trespassing along the Union Pacific line in Kirkwood is over grown with weeds, as seen on Sunday, Dec, 9, 2012, near the spot where Cam Vennard was killed by a train as he walked along the tracks in May of 2012. The sign was put up shortly after Cam was killed and was flattened to the ground a few weeks later, where it has remained ever since. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/06-CD-DC-Train-Cam-Friend-Jump.jpg Austin Huster, 16, crosses the train tracks near where Cam Vennard, 14, was killed by a train on his way to a memorial concert, Cam Jam, in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. After crossing the tracks Huster and a friend stopped by a make shift memorial for Cam and then continued walking to the concert. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Austin Huster, 16, crosses the train tracks near where Cam Vennard, 14, was killed by a train on his way to a memorial concert, Cam Jam, in Cam's honor on July 12, 2012 in Kirkwood. Cam, 14, was walking along the tracks east of downtown Kirkwood when he was struck and killed by westbound train in May of 2012. After crossing the tracks Huster and a friend stopped by a make shift memorial for Cam and then continued walking to the concert. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/07-CD-DC-Trains-Kirkwood-Station.jpg An Amtrak train rolls into the Kirkwood station on it's scheduled run to Kansas City on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The city of Kirkwood fought to keep it's Amtrak station open, arranging for volunteers to staff to station when Amtrak wanted to close it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com An Amtrak train rolls into the Kirkwood station on it's scheduled run to Kansas City on Saturday, June 23, 2012. The city of Kirkwood fought to keep it's Amtrak station open, arranging for volunteers to staff to station when Amtrak wanted to close it. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/08-CD-DC-Trains-Tressel-wide-1-.jpg A pair of pedestrians walk across a train trestle with a stopped train on it in Castlewood State Park in St. Louis County on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The trestle was the site of accident in 1999 involving a mother, Jessica Blair, who was killed and her four year-old son, Dillion Blair who was injured. The couple did not want to be identified. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A pair of pedestrians walk across a train trestle with a stopped train on it in Castlewood State Park in St. Louis County on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012. The trestle was the site of accident in 1999 involving a mother, Jessica Blair, who was killed and her four year-old son, Dillion Blair who was injured. The couple did not want to be identified. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/09-CD-DC-Trains-Villa-Park-Memorial.jpg A freight train rolls along the tracks in Villa Park, Ill. on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 past a memorial for a middle school girl who was killed by a train in 1988. Heather Hayes was 14 when she was struck and killed by a train while walking home from school. Almost twenty year after Hayes' death community reaction to another train fatality involving a different 14 year-old, Kristen Bowen, helped get fences put up along the tracks near the middle school and a nearby park. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A freight train rolls along the tracks in Villa Park, Ill. on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 past a memorial for a middle school girl who was killed by a train in 1988. Heather Hayes was 14 when she was struck and killed by a train while walking home from school. Almost twenty year after Hayes' death community reaction to another train fatality involving a different 14 year-old, Kristen Bowen, helped get fences put up along the tracks near the middle school and a nearby park. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/10-Tressel-Dad.jpg Michael Nurmela hold back tears on Friday Nov. 16, 2012 as he sits with his wife Sherry Nurmela and recounts the day his stepdaughter, Jessica Blair, was struck and killed by a train in 1999. Jessica's picture can be seen in the upper right of the photo and the family still keeps of scrap book of her pictures in the living room. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Michael Nurmela hold back tears on Friday Nov. 16, 2012 as he sits with his wife Sherry Nurmela and recounts the day his stepdaughter, Jessica Blair, was struck and killed by a train in 1999. Jessica's picture can be seen in the upper right of the photo and the family still keeps of scrap book of her pictures in the living room. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/11-CD-DC-Trains-Maplewood1.jpg Scott Hagen, 25, walks through a path worn through the thorn bushes after crossing the train tracks on the way from his apartment to the Metrolink station to take him to work on Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. The crossing is marked with no trespassing signs those signs are generally ignored or go unnoticed by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Hagen says he takes the short cut because it's quicker than walking around to the underpass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Scott Hagen, 25, walks through a path worn through the thorn bushes after crossing the train tracks on the way from his apartment to the Metrolink station to take him to work on Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. The crossing is marked with no trespassing signs those signs are generally ignored or go unnoticed by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Hagen says he takes the short cut because it's quicker than walking around to the underpass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/12-CD-DC-Train-Villa-Park-.jpg A memorial for Kristen Bowen, who was struck and killed by a train as she crossed the tracks walking from her home to this park in Villa Park, Ill. in 2006, sits beside a fence that now stands between the park and the tracks. Bowen's death was used to rally the support of local residents to put up fences along train tracks in the city. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A memorial for Kristen Bowen, who was struck and killed by a train as she crossed the tracks walking from her home to this park in Villa Park, Ill. in 2006, sits beside a fence that now stands between the park and the tracks. Bowen's death was used to rally the support of local residents to put up fences along train tracks in the city. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/13-CD-DC-Train-Gaffney-01.jpg Walter Gaffney holds a picture of his 17-year-old daughter Mary Gaffney on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, along the set of tracks where she was hit and killed by a train in Riverdale Park, Md.. Mary Gaffney and two other people were killed by trains the same day as 14-year-old Cam Vennard, from Kirkwood, was stuck and killed by a train. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Walter Gaffney holds a picture of his 17-year-old daughter Mary Gaffney on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, along the set of tracks where she was hit and killed by a train in Riverdale Park, Md.. Mary Gaffney and two other people were killed by trains the same day as 14-year-old Cam Vennard, from Kirkwood, was stuck and killed by a train. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/14-CD-DC-Train-Riverdale-Park-1.jpg A CSX freight train rolls along a set of tracks on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Riverdale Park, Md., at the spot where a man, 41-year-old Bradford Bacon, was struck and killed by a train in March of 2011. Bacon's death was ruled a suicide, but his family doesn't believe that. Bacon's sister, Jessica Bacon, pointed out that CSX told the Federal Railroad Administration that her brother was lying on the tracks when he was hit. But a county police spokesman said the train's video showed the victim standing with both arms raised. The area has several well worn paths cut by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A CSX freight train rolls along a set of tracks on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Riverdale Park, Md., at the spot where a man, 41-year-old Bradford Bacon, was struck and killed by a train in March of 2011. Bacon's death was ruled a suicide, but his family doesn't believe that. Bacon's sister, Jessica Bacon, pointed out that CSX told the Federal Railroad Administration that her brother was lying on the tracks when he was hit. But a county police spokesman said the train's video showed the victim standing with both arms raised. The area has several well worn paths cut by pedestrians crossing the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/15-mn2jrailroad1210.jpg A man carrying a baby stroller across a set of train tracks in Hyattsville, Md., is stopped by CXS railroad police on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Even though the officer was only in the area performing surveillance of the tracks on an unrelated investigation he said he feels compelled to stop people who are trespassing when he sees it. The man with the stroller, who did not want to be identified, was given a warning by the police. Two fatalities have occurred in the area where the man crossed the tracks. There are several no trespassing signs posted along either side of the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A man carrying a baby stroller across a set of train tracks in Hyattsville, Md., is stopped by CXS railroad police on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. Even though the officer was only in the area performing surveillance of the tracks on an unrelated investigation he said he feels compelled to stop people who are trespassing when he sees it. The man with the stroller, who did not want to be identified, was given a warning by the police. Two fatalities have occurred in the area where the man crossed the tracks. There are several no trespassing signs posted along either side of the tracks. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/16-CD-DC-Cows-Trains-1.jpg A Canadian Pacific train rolls by a barbed wire fence as it passes farmer Jerry Gibson's cows and calves eating their morning hay at his farm outside of Newtown, Mo., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Missouri is one of 26 states that have laws saying railroads are liable for livestock struck by trains along unfenced tracks. Gibson's lawyer sent a letter to Canadian Pacific demanding the railroad put up a fence after four of his cows were killed by trains in 2011. Months later the railroad installed about mile of fencing to protect the cows. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A Canadian Pacific train rolls by a barbed wire fence as it passes farmer Jerry Gibson's cows and calves eating their morning hay at his farm outside of Newtown, Mo., on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. Missouri is one of 26 states that have laws saying railroads are liable for livestock struck by trains along unfenced tracks. Gibson's lawyer sent a letter to Canadian Pacific demanding the railroad put up a fence after four of his cows were killed by trains in 2011. Months later the railroad installed about mile of fencing to protect the cows. 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