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. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://davidcarsonphotos.com/life 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/161113-DC-SupermoonSTL.jpg Supermoon St. Louis, Arch The supermoon rises over the Arch in St. Louis as seen from the Compton Hill Water Tower on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. The supermoon will peak on early Monday morning shortly before sunrise, it will be the nearest supermoon in almost 70 years and will be the largest until Nov. 25, 2034. A supermoon happens when a full moon makes its closest pass to Earth appearing up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter in the sky. Viewing of the moon should also be good on Monday after the sun sets and the moon rises out of the east. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/34-60-08-CarsD-04a.jpg Prayer Shot Prayer Shot https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Scout-Flags-1a-copy.jpg Memorial Day scouts Cub Scout Nick Kollar, 8, from Eureka, places flags in front of head stones at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Kollar was one of more than 5,000 local scouts who showed up to help place flags at the more than 139,000 head stones at the cemetery. This was the 61st annual Memorial Day "Good Turn" event that was sponsored by the Gravois Trail District of the Greater St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/57-CD-DC-Tumble-Kids1.jpg Flipping out Dwight Jones, 13, tumbles over an old mattress he and his friends were playing with in south St. Louis. Jones says he likes the energy of tumbling and learned his skills from his brother and lots of practice. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/a04-CD-DC-Robins-1.jpg Baby Robbins A Robin comes back to the nest to feed it's brood in the Compton Heights neighborhood of St. Louis. The babies hatched over the weekend and the parents have been busy feeding the three chicks. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/54-CD-DC-New-Town-Kids.jpg Dock Friends Patrick Schertzer, left, Brett Ware, center, and Curtis Vitale take flying leaps into a man made lake at the New Town development in St. Charles County. Tempatures are expected to remain in the upper 80's and lower 90's for the through the weekend. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Frosty-December-2.jpg Frosty morning Ice crystals form on the windshield of a car in south St. Louis city on Tuesday. Frosty weather is expected again today as temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---022.jpg Santa hatch After greeting children from the roof of the Hard Rock Cafe Santa Claus, played by Dana Wayne Morris of St. Louis, squeezes down a hatch and into the restaurant to hear the children's Christmas wishes. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/070413-DC-Fireworks-2A.jpg Fair St. Louis fireworks light up the St. Louis skyline on Thursday, July 4, 2013. This picture was shot from the roof of the Pierre Chouteau building in 4400 Lindell Blvd. Fair St. Louis fireworks light up the St. Louis skyline on Thursday, July 4, 2013. This picture was shot from the roof of the Pierre Chouteau building in 4400 Lindell Blvd. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---018.jpg Memorial Day CIVIL WAR RE-ENACTOR Civil War re-enactor Peggie Avery plays the role of a Union Army widow during Memorial Day services at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-abes-.jpg 00011184-GNN-004 ABES Abraham Lincoln impersonators gather at the enterance to the dedication ceremonies for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Ill. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Dance-BWb.jpg Life | Simple Image Page View Life by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/fashion-show.jpg Life | Simple Image Page View Life by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Big-Surf-waves.jpg Life | Simple Image Page View Life by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-STL-Heat.jpg Rainbow hop Antonie Baker, 8, leaps through the spray of a cooling station that was set up in front of the Gamble Community Center in St. Louis. An excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service for the St. Louis area. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-CHILDREN-of-Corn.jpg Children of the corn Bethalto West Elementary School fourth grader Chris Williams, 9, is buried in the "Corn Crib" play area at the Great Godfrey Maze during a school field trip. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/062313-DC-Open-S-20041378.jpg Graffiti eye A graffiti artist from Kansas City works on putting the finishing touches on his work on the flood wall south of the Arch on Wharf Street in St. Louis. About 140 graffiti artist from around the country came to St. Louis to paint the flood wall. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/131203-DC-Santa.jpg Danny Wall, from Fenton, cruises down Interstate 70 West through downtown St. Louis on his way to deliver a present to a three-year-old boy in Granite City on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. "I love seeing the expression of joy on people's faces as I drive by" said Wall who started playing the role of Santa Claus eight years ago when his first grandchildren were born. At first he visited just the homes of friends and family but he has visited with groups Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and children at Rankin Jordan. He says playing Santa Claus helps him get the Christmas spirit and relieve stress. Wall is a riding a 2008 Honda Goldwing Trike. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Danny Wall, from Fenton, cruises down Interstate 70 West through downtown St. Louis on his way to deliver a present to a three-year-old boy in Granite City on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. "I love seeing the expression of joy on people's faces as I drive by" said Wall who started playing the role of Santa Claus eight years ago when his first grandchildren were born. At first he visited just the homes of friends and family but he has visited with groups Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and children at Rankin Jordan. He says playing Santa Claus helps him get the Christmas spirit and relieve stress. Wall is a riding a 2008 Honda Goldwing Trike. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/AE-DC-Burlesque-6.jpg Burlesque Sturdy Gurlesque performs one of her burlesque routines that feature fire as part of the Albino Alley Cat Revue on stage at Rue 13 on Washington Ave in St. Louis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-St-Ann-Dancing.jpg Hispanics in St. Ann Martin McDrano (center) and Alberta Mejia dance to the music at the Acapulco Restaurant and Lounge in St. Ann. Emestina Zegar, owner of the Acapulco, thinks fewer people are frequenting her business because they fear being stopped by the St. Ann police. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-14-Haunt-1-update.jpg Walking dead Mathew Hebert (left), from Midnight Studios out of Mesa, Arizona, stops to talk with Janice Smith, from Ballwin, as he walks the floor of the 17th annual Halloween and Attractions Show at America's Center in St. Louis. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-10-Mathews-Dickey-Swim.jpg Swim lessons Mekkah Richards, 15, helps her brother Abel Richards, 9, put on his swim cap before the start of event featuring Olympic gold medalist swimmer Cullen Jones at the Mathews Dickey Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis. The event, Make A Splash, put on by the USA Swimming Foundation, is designed to raise awareness about the importance of learning to swim. The program has helped provide more than 845,000 kids with swimming lessons. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/130911-DC-OFallo-20215142.jpg Jeanne Tallman escorts her granddaughter Whitney Weeks, 3, as she hands a coloring she did to O'Fallon police officer Mike Plum after a ceremony honoring first responders in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. "She wanted him (Plum) to know she was thinking about them" said Tallman who said the coloring paid tribute to the fire fighters and police officers who gave their lives on September 11. The City of O'Fallon, Mo. hosted a Patriot Day Ceremony, a Tribute to First Responders by a piece of the twisted steel from the World Trade Center at the Municipal Centre. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Jeanne Tallman escorts her granddaughter Whitney Weeks, 3, as she hands a coloring she did to O'Fallon police officer Mike Plum after a ceremony honoring first responders in O'Fallon, Mo. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. "She wanted him (Plum) to know she was thinking about them" said Tallman who said the coloring paid tribute to the fire fighters and police officers who gave their lives on September 11. The City of O'Fallon, Mo. hosted a Patriot Day Ceremony, a Tribute to First Responders by a piece of the twisted steel from the World Trade Center at the Municipal Centre. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/35-60-07-CarsD-01a_2.jpg During their first introduction the Bouldin family tries to coax a smile out of Dmitry, right, a 5-year-old Russia orphan. Dmitry was assigned to stay with the family for three weeks to see if child and family were a match. During their first introduction the Bouldin family tries to coax a smile out of Dmitry, right, a 5-year-old Russia orphan. Dmitry was assigned to stay with the family for three weeks to see if child and family were a match. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-13-Contraceptive-Choice4.jpg Tuesday June 28, 2011--Malachi Lawrence, 3, plays in the bedroom in his and his mother's, Deidre Woodberry, apartment in north St. Louis County. Woodberry participated in Contraceptive Choice Project trial soon after the birth of her son Malachi. Woodberry knew she didn't want to have more kids while she was trying to finish up her college degree. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Tuesday June 28, 2011--Malachi Lawrence, 3, plays in the bedroom in his and his mother's, Deidre Woodberry, apartment in north St. Louis County. Woodberry participated in Contraceptive Choice Project trial soon after the birth of her son Malachi. Woodberry knew she didn't want to have more kids while she was trying to finish up her college degree. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/53-CD-DC-Hose-Spray-2.jpg Thursday June 25, 2009--Gerrell Lawson, 12, basks in the spray of a garden hose as he plays with is friends is Hillsdale on Thursday. Thursday marked the eighth straight day of temperatures above 90 and Saturday is expect to top out close to 100 with some cooling into the upper 80s expected for Sunday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday June 25, 2009--Gerrell Lawson, 12, basks in the spray of a garden hose as he plays with is friends is Hillsdale on Thursday. Thursday marked the eighth straight day of temperatures above 90 and Saturday is expect to top out close to 100 with some cooling into the upper 80s expected for Sunday. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/070313-DC-Fair-STL1.jpg A Twin Beech airplane circles over the Arch trailing smoke after members of the Liberty Parachute Team jumped out from about 5,000 feet above St. Louis during a practice run for the Fair St. Louis air show on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. This year's fair will feature air shows at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A Twin Beech airplane circles over the Arch trailing smoke after members of the Liberty Parachute Team jumped out from about 5,000 feet above St. Louis during a practice run for the Fair St. Louis air show on Wednesday, July 3, 2013. This year's fair will feature air shows at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/a11-CD-DC-Glowing-Globesb.jpg Sunday January 31, 2010--Glowing globes fill the splash and spray water fountain area of Citygarden, a public sculpture park in downtown St. Louis, on Sunday. The 25 globes are each lit by two LED lights and are programed to glow in an every changing a rainbow of hues. The globes will be turned on every night through the end of February from 5pm-midnight. The globes were installed by Hydro Dramatics, a St. Louis fountain design company. To see more photos of the glowing globes go to stltoday.com/multimedia . David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Sunday January 31, 2010--Glowing globes fill the splash and spray water fountain area of Citygarden, a public sculpture park in downtown St. Louis, on Sunday. The 25 globes are each lit by two LED lights and are programed to glow in an every changing a rainbow of hues. The globes will be turned on every night through the end of February from 5pm-midnight. The globes were installed by Hydro Dramatics, a St. Louis fountain design company. To see more photos of the glowing globes go to stltoday.com/multimedia . David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---013.jpg Wednesday August 24, 2005--Honey bees flock to a field sun flowers off of Illinois Route 159 in Maryville on Wednesday. Temperatures should remain in the 80's for the rest of the week and weekend with a chance of storms through Saturday. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD Wednesday August 24, 2005--Honey bees flock to a field sun flowers off of Illinois Route 159 in Maryville on Wednesday. Temperatures should remain in the 80's for the rest of the week and weekend with a chance of storms through Saturday. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---012.jpg A meteor streaks across the heavens above a farm field in Highland Illinois during the Leonid meteor shower. The field and tree are illuminated by light of from the full moon. A meteor streaks across the heavens above a farm field in Highland Illinois during the Leonid meteor shower. The field and tree are illuminated by light of from the full moon. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Slip-Slide.jpg Grace Wickham (front), Rachel Hutson (center), Matt Wickham, and Reilly Newton get some help from Noah Cochran (left) as he hoses down the plastic sheeting while they launch themselves down a homemade Slip 'n Slide during a party at the Wickham's home in Weldon Spring on Monday May 28, 2012. The Wickhams made the slide from a 100 foot roll of plastic sheeting, some sprinklers to wet the slide and dish soap to make it slippery. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Grace Wickham (front), Rachel Hutson (center), Matt Wickham, and Reilly Newton get some help from Noah Cochran (left) as he hoses down the plastic sheeting while they launch themselves down a homemade Slip 'n Slide during a party at the Wickham's home in Weldon Spring on Monday May 28, 2012. The Wickhams made the slide from a 100 foot roll of plastic sheeting, some sprinklers to wet the slide and dish soap to make it slippery. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/51-Portfolio---002.jpg CD DC SWIMMING HOLE 1 Monday August 5, 2002--Jake Whitehead, 16, of Edwardsville, launches himself off a rope swing into a pond as his friend Shaun Fink, 16, of Glen Carbon watches. "We're just hanging out, cooling off and having fun" said Fink of their mid-afternoon dip in a swimming hole off of Oaklawn Road in Glen Carbon on Monday. Tempature will cool off into the upper 80's for Tuesday but return to the mid-90's later in the week. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---011.jpg Arch Lightning Lightning streaks across the sky above the Gateway Memorial Arch in downtown St. Louis on Saturday. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00035114-ENT-001.jpg 00035114-ENT-001 Terrance Bullock, of St. Louis, walks under the steam spouting from the lions head on the Bee Hat Lofts along N. 11th Street on Thursday. Freezing temperatures with day time highs in the teens are expected to continue for the next three days. The steam was added to the building as an ornamental detail when it was renovated into lofts from 2005-2006. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/9912CircusElephant.jpg Life | Simple Image Page View Life by Simple Image Page. https://davidcarsonphotos.com/news 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/a01-CD-DC-Foreclosures-1.jpg Thursday October 7, 2010--An American flag is put out with the trash from a home being put on the market as a short sale in the Briarchase subdivision in O'Fallon. The subdivision has had 17 foreclosures since the recession began. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday October 7, 2010--An American flag is put out with the trash from a home being put on the market as a short sale in the Briarchase subdivision in O'Fallon. The subdivision has had 17 foreclosures since the recession began. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---031.jpg Tuesday May 25, 2004--"It was depper than I thought" said Steve Holland, of Barnhart, as he waits for a tow from another motorist on Highway 40/64 eastbound between Hanley Avenue and Hampton Avenue on Tuesday. A downpour during a thunderstorm shortly before 3pm over burdened the drains in the highway shutting down traffic in both directions. The water was waist deep in some areas. Photo By David Carson/PD Tuesday May 25, 2004--"It was depper than I thought" said Steve Holland, of Barnhart, as he waits for a tow from another motorist on Highway 40/64 eastbound between Hanley Avenue and Hampton Avenue on Tuesday. A downpour during a thunderstorm shortly before 3pm over burdened the drains in the highway shutting down traffic in both directions. The water was waist deep in some areas. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-18-Warehouse-fire-6.jpg Thursday September 8, 2011--A fire fighters directs water into a burning warehouse near the intersection of Theresa Avenue and Bernard Street in St. Louis on Thursday. The fire, that started around 11:15 a.m., gutted the building and according to fire fighters destroyed several vehicles and some furniture inside the building. Smoke from the fire, that was near the big neon Budweiser sign that can be seen along Highway 40 (Interstate 64), could be seen from miles away. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday September 8, 2011--A fire fighters directs water into a burning warehouse near the intersection of Theresa Avenue and Bernard Street in St. Louis on Thursday. The fire, that started around 11:15 a.m., gutted the building and according to fire fighters destroyed several vehicles and some furniture inside the building. Smoke from the fire, that was near the big neon Budweiser sign that can be seen along Highway 40 (Interstate 64), could be seen from miles away. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/49-Portfolio---014.jpg Thursday September 1, 2005--Betty Barthelemy, of Madison County, (Granite City Mailing address but lives outside of the city limits) quitely prays outside of The Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City on Thursday. Barthelemy said she was praying for a change in legislation that would stop abortions. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD Thursday September 1, 2005--Betty Barthelemy, of Madison County, (Granite City Mailing address but lives outside of the city limits) quitely prays outside of The Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City on Thursday. Barthelemy said she was praying for a change in legislation that would stop abortions. PHOTO BY DAVID CARSON/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/46-Postalmemorial.jpg Tamara Quinn, center left, and Latasha Anderson, center right, weep as amazing grace is sung during a memorial service for Christine Jones who was stuck and killed by lightning while delivering mail on Tuesday. Quinn is Jones' aunt and Anderson is Jones' cousin. Hundreds of people showed at a memorial set up under the tree where Jones was killed at the corner of Highmount and Venice drives in Ferguson. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Tamara Quinn, center left, and Latasha Anderson, center right, weep as amazing grace is sung during a memorial service for Christine Jones who was stuck and killed by lightning while delivering mail on Tuesday. Quinn is Jones' aunt and Anderson is Jones' cousin. Hundreds of people showed at a memorial set up under the tree where Jones was killed at the corner of Highmount and Venice drives in Ferguson. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-05-Art-Hill-Night-Flags-8.jpg Sunday September 11, 2011--Rosario Neaves and Arpan Srivastava, both from St. Louis, lay under one of the 2,996 flags that were staked into the ground on Art Hill as a tribute to the victims of 9/11 terror attacks. The flag the couple is laying under is dedicated to Neaves' friend Lisa Frost who was a passanger on United flight 175, the second plane to crash into World Trade Center. "It feels comforting to lay here. I feel like I can be closer to her" said Neaves. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Sunday September 11, 2011--Rosario Neaves and Arpan Srivastava, both from St. Louis, lay under one of the 2,996 flags that were staked into the ground on Art Hill as a tribute to the victims of 9/11 terror attacks. The flag the couple is laying under is dedicated to Neaves' friend Lisa Frost who was a passanger on United flight 175, the second plane to crash into World Trade Center. "It feels comforting to lay here. I feel like I can be closer to her" said Neaves. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Funeral-RI-2.jpg Farwell Chief Farwell Chief https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00035114-GNN-001.jpg 00035114-GNN-001 UAW Local 145 workers march in the Put America Back to Work rally in Granite City on Tuesday. Thousands of people showed up to lend their support to union steelworkers who have been laid off because of low demand for their product. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Zoo-Museum-Meeting1a.jpg St. Louis Zoo-Museum District board members (from left to right) Robert Lowery, Charles Valier, Gloria Wessels and Thomas Campbell have a tense discussion about possible recommendations following an auditor's report about the History Museum on Monday Oct. 29, 2012 in Clayton. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Zoo-Museum District board members (from left to right) Robert Lowery, Charles Valier, Gloria Wessels and Thomas Campbell have a tense discussion about possible recommendations following an auditor's report about the History Museum on Monday Oct. 29, 2012 in Clayton. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Alton-Fire-1.jpg News | Simple Image Page View News by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Sloan-Cop-Funeral-6al_1.jpg Wednesday February 4, 2004--St. Louis Police officer XXXXXX Fischer wipes tears from her eyes after fellow officer Nicholas Sloan was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery on Wednesday. Photo By David Carson/PD (We are working on Getting officer Fischer's first name at this time) Wednesday February 4, 2004--St. Louis Police officer XXXXXX Fischer wipes tears from her eyes after fellow officer Nicholas Sloan was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery on Wednesday. Photo By David Carson/PD (We are working on Getting officer Fischer's first name at this time) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---029.jpg 00003819-1 "I could stay under here all day long" said Lisa Rhone, left, as she and Teomia Bailey seek relief from record breaking heat at a fire department cooling station in St. Louis. Tempatures topped out at 105 degrees, the hottest recorded reading in more then a decade. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-15-Ferguson-Church-1.jpg Saturday April 23, 2011--Larry Doggett, left, and his daughter Joni Bellinger salvage a bible from the debris in the sancuary of the Ferguson Christian Church after a tornado ripped the roof off the church on Friday night. "We had plans for Easter and God had other plans" said Bellinger. Thirty-one people who were watching Passion of the Christ at the church took shelter in the basement, hiding under tables and in the bathrooms, as the tornado slammed into the church. No one was seriously hurt in the incident. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Saturday April 23, 2011--Larry Doggett, left, and his daughter Joni Bellinger salvage a bible from the debris in the sancuary of the Ferguson Christian Church after a tornado ripped the roof off the church on Friday night. "We had plans for Easter and God had other plans" said Bellinger. Thirty-one people who were watching Passion of the Christ at the church took shelter in the basement, hiding under tables and in the bathrooms, as the tornado slammed into the church. No one was seriously hurt in the incident. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-MetroLink-Expansion-1_1.jpg Friday July 25, 2003--Local 396 Iron Worker Crystal Farris, of Bourbon, Mo., climbs out of a rebar cage that will be sunk into the ground and filled with concrete to create the foundation for a bridge in the MetroLink expansion project on Forest Park Parkway. Photo By David Carson/PD Friday July 25, 2003--Local 396 Iron Worker Crystal Farris, of Bourbon, Mo., climbs out of a rebar cage that will be sunk into the ground and filled with concrete to create the foundation for a bridge in the MetroLink expansion project on Forest Park Parkway. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Search.jpg Tuesday May 6, 2008--Friends and family members of 27-year-old Keith R. Fietsam of Winfield, Mo. console each other down by the side of the Missouri River after rescuers called off a four and a half hour search for Fietsam around 11:30 AM on Tuesday. Fietsam and a friend were crossing the Centaur Chute of the Missouri River when their canoe capsized as they were attempting to cross over to the Howell Island Conservation area to hunt turkeys. The strong current on river surprised the hunters as it sucked the boat into turbulant water, pictured to the right. Fietsam's hunting partner Leo Geringer clung to the boat and was able to make it to shore. Rescue workers presume Fietsam is dead. Divers will resume efforts to find Fietsam's body on Wednesay morning. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Tuesday May 6, 2008--Friends and family members of 27-year-old Keith R. Fietsam of Winfield, Mo. console each other down by the side of the Missouri River after rescuers called off a four and a half hour search for Fietsam around 11:30 AM on Tuesday. Fietsam and a friend were crossing the Centaur Chute of the Missouri River when their canoe capsized as they were attempting to cross over to the Howell Island Conservation area to hunt turkeys. The strong current on river surprised the hunters as it sucked the boat into turbulant water, pictured to the right. Fietsam's hunting partner Leo Geringer clung to the boat and was able to make it to shore. Rescue workers presume Fietsam is dead. Divers will resume efforts to find Fietsam's body on Wednesay morning. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Police-Chase615b.jpg Monday June 15, 2009--A suspect in police custody listens to commands from a Granite City Police officer after being arrested at the end of bi-state high speed vehicle chase that ended in the area around Monroe St. and N. 14th St. on Monday. The three suspects in a Ford Excursion, all arrested at the end of the chase, were wanted for an abaduction from Godfrey. According to police the suspects vehilce rammed a Granite City police officers car during the chase. Police recovered a hand gun from the suspects vehicle. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Monday June 15, 2009--A suspect in police custody listens to commands from a Granite City Police officer after being arrested at the end of bi-state high speed vehicle chase that ended in the area around Monroe St. and N. 14th St. on Monday. The three suspects in a Ford Excursion, all arrested at the end of the chase, were wanted for an abaduction from Godfrey. According to police the suspects vehilce rammed a Granite City police officers car during the chase. Police recovered a hand gun from the suspects vehicle. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Flu-Season.jpg Friday January 14, 2011--Donna Mielenz, a medical technologist in the virology lab at St. John's Mercy, uses a fluorescence microscope to examine slides for viruses on Friday. The lab at St. Johns has been getting busier as the flu season begins ramping up. "We're peaking now" said Mielenz. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday January 14, 2011--Donna Mielenz, a medical technologist in the virology lab at St. John's Mercy, uses a fluorescence microscope to examine slides for viruses on Friday. The lab at St. Johns has been getting busier as the flu season begins ramping up. "We're peaking now" said Mielenz. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/IL-DC-JERSEY-CO-FATAL-FI.jpg News | Simple Image Page View News by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/47-CD-DC-Corrections-Officers.jpg Monday June 4, 2009--Peggy Lynn "Pumpkin" O'Neal, walks out of the Eagleton Federal Courthouse after being arraigned on federal charges for allegedly smuggling heroin into the St. Louis Justice Center downtown. O'Neal and two other corrections officers were arrested after the indictment was unsealed this morning. According to prosecutors on four occasions from January through early March, the guards got heroin and cash from someone outside the jail and brought it to an inmate inside St. Louis Justice Center downtown. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Monday June 4, 2009--Peggy Lynn "Pumpkin" O'Neal, walks out of the Eagleton Federal Courthouse after being arraigned on federal charges for allegedly smuggling heroin into the St. Louis Justice Center downtown. O'Neal and two other corrections officers were arrested after the indictment was unsealed this morning. According to prosecutors on four occasions from January through early March, the guards got heroin and cash from someone outside the jail and brought it to an inmate inside St. Louis Justice Center downtown. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00011184-GNN-003.jpg 00011184-GNN-003 Leighann Johnson, left, Shonnie Branom, Judeia Jones, Sanosa Berry, Marla Johnson and Aaliyah Hawkins morn Joseph “Bam Bam” Long during a community prayer service for Long, slain police Sgt. William McEntee, and McEntee’s accused murderer Kevin Johnson in Kirkwood, Mo.. Johnson shot McEntee after an early incident in the nighborhood during which "Bam Bam" collapsed and died from a heart condition. About 800 people gathered at the intersection of Alsobrook and Orleans streets on Saturday. After praying at the intersection the group marched up to the site where the officer was shot and then over to the memorial outside of Long’s house. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Floodway-erosion1.jpg Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday June 17, 2011--Farm workers Charles Haydon, left, Joe Aycock, center, and Jessie Soto look over the damage caused to some farm land near O'Bryan's Ridge in the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The erosion of the land was caused by rushing floodwater from when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway by breaching a levee in Mississippi County with explosives in May. The workers are employed by farmer Mark Dugan, not pictured, and the land the workers are standing on is farmed by Ed Marshall, whose land is next to Dugan's land. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/44-CD-DC-Flash-Flood1crx.jpg Friday May 8, 2009--Gary Chhina(cq) opens the door to his family's Shell gas station after flash flood waters rushed filled the store with about 2 feet of water near the intersection of Interstate 55 and State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point. David Carson • dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday May 8, 2009--Gary Chhina(cq) opens the door to his family's Shell gas station after flash flood waters rushed filled the store with about 2 feet of water near the intersection of Interstate 55 and State Highway Y in Bloomsdale on Friday afternoon. Heavy rains swelled Establishment Creek and it rapidly rose forcing police to close Interstate 55 in both directions at one point. David Carson • dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Homicide-Vigila.jpg Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/60-07-CarsD-02_2.jpg Juveniles at the Madison Co. Illinois Juvenile Detention Center line up to be transported to court. The county is expanding the center to accomdate more juveniles. Juveniles at the Madison Co. Illinois Juvenile Detention Center line up to be transported to court. The county is expanding the center to accomdate more juveniles. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Meat-Fire-4.jpg Thursday January 27, 2011--Fire fighters pull deer sausage out of the smoker at Wenneman's Meat Market as they overhaul the building and put out hot spot from a fire that gutted the business on early Thursday morning. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday January 27, 2011--Fire fighters pull deer sausage out of the smoker at Wenneman's Meat Market as they overhaul the building and put out hot spot from a fire that gutted the business on early Thursday morning. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/mn2jkipp0531.jpg KIPP: Inspire Academy science teacher John Armstead (left) wipes tears from the eyes of Brittany King after King stopped to thank him for teaching her at the end of the promotion ceremony at Washington University on Friday, May 24, 2013. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com KIPP: Inspire Academy science teacher John Armstead (left) wipes tears from the eyes of Brittany King after King stopped to thank him for teaching her at the end of the promotion ceremony at Washington University on Friday, May 24, 2013. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/new-CD-DC-Pine-Lawn-Flee.jpg Monday June 2, 2008--Pine Lawn police officer Matthew Meinen leaps off a fence in pursuit of a suspect who fled from police that were patroling a Pine Lawn neighborhood in golf carts. Meinen was called to scene to in his patrol car to assist when the subjects fled. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Monday June 2, 2008--Pine Lawn police officer Matthew Meinen leaps off a fence in pursuit of a suspect who fled from police that were patroling a Pine Lawn neighborhood in golf carts. Meinen was called to scene to in his patrol car to assist when the subjects fled. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/130909-DC-Hot-Fi-20209864.jpg St. Louis fire fighter Ken Walters, with Truck 6, cools off with some water leaking from a fire hose after he helped put out a house fire in the 2000 block of McCausland Avenue in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. "It was really cooking in there" said Walters who was one of the first fire fighters in house battling the flames. All the residents of the home escape safely and one was hurt in the one alarm fire. Additional help from Maplewood and Richmond Heights fire departments was called to the scene as precaution against Monday's hot weather. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis fire fighter Ken Walters, with Truck 6, cools off with some water leaking from a fire hose after he helped put out a house fire in the 2000 block of McCausland Avenue in St. Louis on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. "It was really cooking in there" said Walters who was one of the first fire fighters in house battling the flames. All the residents of the home escape safely and one was hurt in the one alarm fire. Additional help from Maplewood and Richmond Heights fire departments was called to the scene as precaution against Monday's hot weather. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_3ap0yl43_h0adkd_221024-DC-Shooting-School-02.jpg Shooting reported at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School High School students were evactuated to the Schunks parking lot from the Central Visual & Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in in south St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_3ap0yl43_aksflo_221025-DC-Warehouse-Fire17A.jpg Wind-fueled, five-alarm blaze rips through St. Louis warehouse As sparks and burning debris rain down around him a St. Louis firefighter climbs a ladder to direct water into a raging five-alarm fire in a five-story warehouse at North First and O'Fallon streets in St. Louis on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. The fire caused the building to collapse in a heap of rubble. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://davidcarsonphotos.com/sports 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_nusza5_36---231029-DC-CITY-SC-VS-SKC-06.jpg St. Louis City SC vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS playoffs Game 1 St. Louis City SC goalkeeper Roman Bürki can't come up with the save on Sporting Kansas City's first goal in the first half during Game 1 of the MLS playoff series between St. Louis City SC and Sporting Kansas City at CityPark in St. Louis on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. City SC finished the regular season in first place in the Western Conference but were bounced out of the MLS playoffs after two games. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_1hzjc8_04---230217-DC-Spring-Training-Day-5-11alt.jpg St. Louis Cardinals spring training, Friday Sweat flies off the arm of St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery as he throws a bullpen session at the Cardinals spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-01-Cards-Win.jpg The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate their victory in Game 7 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Friday October 28, 2011 in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com The St. Louis Cardinals celebrate their victory in Game 7 of the World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Friday October 28, 2011 in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_7a9c5q_39---231111-DC-Mizzou-Tenn-Day-after05.jpg Tennessee Volunteers vs Missouri Tigers Missouri Tigers running back Cody Schrader lets out a celebratory yell as he is hoisted up by his teammates after an SEC football game between the Tennessee Volunteers and Missouri Tigers on Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo. on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Schrader had a monster day with over 300 yards of rushing and receiving and a touchdown in a 36-7 victory over Tennessee. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_96e7f3_24-210825-DC-Cardinals-Pool7alt-jpg.jpg One Cardinal Way pool Nida Dogan lounges in the water with her boyfriend Caleb Davis as they stay cool in the pool at One Cardinal Way watching the St. Louis Cardinals play the Detroit Tigers at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. "Nothing beats being in a pool to watch the Cardinals," says Davis who has lived in the building for about six months. Wednesday's sweltering heat and humidity are expected to continue into the weekend. The Cardinals defeated the Tigers 3-2 in extra innings. One Cardinal Way is currently 100% leased but management says they expect some openings for new tenants in the fall, beginning in September. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_pqpf07_17-190524-DC-Blues-Log.jpg St. Louis Blues fans paints his yard with log Life-long St. Louis Blues fan Zac Pyles, 34, paints the front yard of his home on En Cino Drive in Hazelwood on Friday, May 24, 2019, with the logo of the St. Louis Blues to celebrate the team's trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Blues will face the Boston Bruins in the first game of a seven-game series on Monday at 7 pm. Pyles says he paints his yard every year the Blues make the playoffs. "I'm just doing it for fun. It's a good way to meet your neighbors. Everyone drives by and gives three honks for 'Let's Go Blues'' says Pyles who started painting his lawn years ago to it to post on Facebook for his friends to enjoy. Pyles first painted his lawn this year when the Blues began the playoffs on April 10th and repainted it on Friday to freshen it up for the finals. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/019.jpg Sweat drips from the brow of St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during a workout in the Cardinals complex at Roger Dean Stadium Jupiter, Fla. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Sweat drips from the brow of St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina during a workout in the Cardinals complex at Roger Dean Stadium Jupiter, Fla. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_o69n3a_240330-DC-Blues-vs-Sharks-14.jpg San Jose Sharks vs St. Louis Blues St. Louis Blues forwards Pavel Buchnevich (89), and Sammy Blais (79) rest on the bench in the third period with the Blues trailing 3-0 during a game between the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_1jc5wt_027-160930-DC-ESL-Edville20.jpg East St. Louis vs Edwardsville football Edwardsville senior quarterback Brenden Dickmann is dragged down from behind by East St. Louis linebacker Eric Owens Jr. during scramble in the fourth quarter of a game between the East St. Louis Flyers and the Edwardsville Tigers in Edwardsville on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/SP-DC-Whitfield-Soccer-1a.jpg Saturday November 10, 2007--Whitfield's Michael Jordan, left, and Matt Chabot clear a ball intended for Pembroke Hill's Will Wurster during the second half of the MSHSAA class 1 boys soccer championship game on Saturday in Fenton. Whitfield won the game 2-1. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Saturday November 10, 2007--Whitfield's Michael Jordan, left, and Matt Chabot clear a ball intended for Pembroke Hill's Will Wurster during the second half of the MSHSAA class 1 boys soccer championship game on Saturday in Fenton. Whitfield won the game 2-1. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_iajv6a_22---230701-DC-Cardinals-Yanks18.jpg New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals Antajah Ashley, left, and her friend Delilah Dozier use trash bags to keep dry in the rain and wind from a passing thunderstorm during a rain delay in the seventh inning of a game between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_ycpfdm_37---231106-DC-CITY-SC-Sporting-2nds66b.jpg Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City SC, Game 2 MLS playoff series St. Louis City SC forward João Klauss tries to control a high cross in the second half during Game 2 of the MLS playoff series between Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City SC at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan. on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00035114-SPF-001.jpg 00035114-SPF-001 Memphis's Elliot Williams holds his head in frustration after missing the potential game winning shot at the end of the game between the Memphis Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo. Tuesday November 17, 2009. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/0035-SP_DC_Breese_Mater_Dei_3.jpg Friday February 11, 2011--Breese Central's Keaton Scheer, center left, and Brandon Rakers, center right, celebrate after the final buzzer of the Breese Central Mater Dei boys basketball ball game at Central on Friday. Breese Central defeated Mater Dei 50-43. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Friday February 11, 2011--Breese Central's Keaton Scheer, center left, and Brandon Rakers, center right, celebrate after the final buzzer of the Breese Central Mater Dei boys basketball ball game at Central on Friday. Breese Central defeated Mater Dei 50-43. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/056.jpg Sports | Simple Image Page View Sports by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/00035114-SPF-002.jpg 00035114-SPF-002 Whitfield's Peter Jacobi, center, celebrates his goal giving his team a 2-1 lead over St. Pius late in the second half of the Class 1 semi-finals of the boys soccer championships in Fenton on Friday. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Matt-Espeybw.jpg Thursday November 29, 2007-- Matt Espey, a senior from Fort Zumwalt North, takes a break from practice with his teammates on Thursday. Espey won a state title wrestling at 160 pounds last year, he was(42-1) last season. Espey has also been one of the area's top running backs. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Thursday November 29, 2007-- Matt Espey, a senior from Fort Zumwalt North, takes a break from practice with his teammates on Thursday. Espey won a state title wrestling at 160 pounds last year, he was(42-1) last season. Espey has also been one of the area's top running backs. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_jom5sh_41-211121-DC-SLU-NCAA-07-JPG.jpg Long Island University vs St. Louis University, NCAA 2nd round St. Louis University forward Simon Becher (9) celebrates his second-half goal that gave SLU a 4-1 lead during a game between Long Island University and St. Louis University in the 2nd round of the NCAA men's soccer tournament in St. Louis, Mo. on Sunday, Nov.21, 2021. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/61-Portfolio---038.jpg SP DC CARDS ROLEN Cards third basmen Scott Rolen attempts to throw out Milwaukee's Chad Moeller in the XXX inning at Busch Stadium on Monday April 5, 2004.(David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/131009-DC-NLDS5--20286847.jpg Ted Juen of Creve Coeur cheers David Freese's 2-run homer in the second inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Ted Juen of Creve Coeur cheers David Freese's 2-run homer in the second inning of Game 5 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_3tebqw_08---230304-DC-St--Louis-City-SC-first-game-09.jpg St. Louis City SC first game at CityPark Beth Ortega and her son Jacob Ortega, from O'Fallon, Ill., celebrate after St. Louis City SC scored on a penalty kick to take a 2-1 lead over Charlotte FC in the first half during the first-ever City SC home game at CityPark in St. Louis on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_gx1fch_160624-DC-Biles10B.jpg 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the first day of the women's P&G Gymnastics Championships on Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_4rw3k7_33-211006-DC-Cards-Wild-Card40-JPG.jpg St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers National League wild-card game St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (50) celebrates getting out of the third inning after the infield turned a double play with the bases loaded during the National League wild-card game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/131011-DC-CardsWin-g1A.jpg Carlos Beltran is mobbed by his teammates after connecting on the game inning hit in the 13th inning of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angels Dodgers on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Carlos Beltran is mobbed by his teammates after connecting on the game inning hit in the 13th inning of Game 1 of the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angels Dodgers on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_c0ab9b_32-190929-DC-Cards-Win34.jpg Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals left fielder Tyler O'Neill pours beer down his throat as the Cardinals celebrate winning the National League Central Division by beating the Chicago Cubs at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/SP-DC-Hazelwood-De-Smet7.jpg Saturday November 20, 2010--De Smet's Jack Barry is up ended as he tries to recover an on side kick over Hazelwood Central's Mike Jordan, left, and Sean Wills, center, at Hazelwood Central on Saturday. Hazelwood Central defeated De Smet 20-14 to advance to the state championship. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Saturday November 20, 2010--De Smet's Jack Barry is up ended as he tries to recover an on side kick over Hazelwood Central's Mike Jordan, left, and Sean Wills, center, at Hazelwood Central on Saturday. Hazelwood Central defeated De Smet 20-14 to advance to the state championship. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Pujols-Out.jpg Saturday May 5, 2007--Albert Pujols flips is helmet to the bench after lining out to end the sixth inning of Saturday's game agains the Astros at Busch Stadium. Pujols went 0-4 on the day striking out once and ending his 12 game hitting streak. The Cardinals offense was lacking all day as they were shutout 13-0 and managed only four hits on the day. David Carson | Post-Dispatch Saturday May 5, 2007--Albert Pujols flips is helmet to the bench after lining out to end the sixth inning of Saturday's game agains the Astros at Busch Stadium. Pujols went 0-4 on the day striking out once and ending his 12 game hitting streak. The Cardinals offense was lacking all day as they were shutout 13-0 and managed only four hits on the day. David Carson | Post-Dispatch https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/HELIO-WINS-DC_1b.jpg 00003819-1 Helio Castroneves celebrates his victory by climbing the fence at the finish line after winning the Emerson Indy 250 at Gateway International Raceway. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---043.jpg IL DC BOYS PLAYING HOOPS July 22, 2002--Sharron Johnson,15, leaps from the box at the left to get enough elevation to dunk the basketball as his friend Clarence Wigfall, 13, watches him take flight on Tuesday in Maryville. The boys say they can be found playing basketball most afternoons. Photo BY David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/SP-DC-VISITATION-LOSE-3.jpg SP DC VISITATION LOSE 3 Saturday March 9, 2002--Visitation's Stephanie Anderson, left, Jenny Maurer, center, and Liz Stamborski wait to recieve their runners up medals after losing to Notre Dame de Sion 63-46 in the Missouri State High School Activities Association Basketball Championships Class 3a Championship game in Columbia on Saturday. Photo By David Carson/PD https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Portfolio---047.jpg 00011184-SPE-002 Nerinx Hall girls soccer team members celebrate their overtime penalty kick shootout win over Cor Jesu in St. Louis County, Mo. on Thursday May 19, 2005. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/SP-DC-Liukin-3.jpg Nastia Liukin performs on the beam during the 2012 Visa Championships, women's USA Gymnastics' national championships in St. Louis on Friday, June 8, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Nastia Liukin performs on the beam during the 2012 Visa Championships, women's USA Gymnastics' national championships in St. Louis on Friday, June 8, 2012. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_2nedjc_008-bilestest.jpg 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships Simone Biles competes on the vault during the first day of the women's P&G Gymnastics Championships on Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. Later in the summer Biles won Olympic gold medals in individual all-around, vault and floor routine and was a member of the "Final Five" gold medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/SP-DC-Lieberman-high-bar.jpg Ryan Lieberman, from Stanford, grasps for the bar as he does his routine on the high bar during the 2012 Visa Championships, USA Gymnastics' national championships in St. Louis on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Lieberman finished in 16th place on the first day. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Ryan Lieberman, from Stanford, grasps for the bar as he does his routine on the high bar during the 2012 Visa Championships, USA Gymnastics' national championships in St. Louis on Thursday, June 7, 2012. Lieberman finished in 16th place on the first day. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/Cards-Spring-Training-001a.jpg St. Louis Cardinals players go through morning exercises at the Cardinals spring training complex at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Cardinals players go through morning exercises at the Cardinals spring training complex at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. Photo By David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_wuy4oh_023-160806-DC-Pace-Parade6.jpg Pro Football Hall of Fame parade Orlando Pace Friends and family of former St. Louis Rams tackle Orlando Pace cheer for him as he rides in a car during the Pro Football Hall of Fame parade through Canton, Ohio on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016. Pace will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday night. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_36wlhz_16-BS3V6030.jpg USA vs. New Zealand, pre-Women's World Cup friendly at Busch Stadium in St. Louis United States forward Alex Morgan goes over New Zealand midfielder Katie Duncan in the first half during a women's international friendly soccer match between the United States and New Zealand at Busch Stadium in St. Louis Thursday, May 16, 2019. The game is a warm-up for both teams who are playing in the 2019 FIFA WomenÕs World Cup that starts on June 7, in Paris, France. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_7moulq_24---230705-DC-Broadway-Oyster-04.jpg Broadway Oyster Bar Justin Martin and Kelly Kinsella work the bar as the St. Louis Cardinals game against Miami plays on the television at the Broadway Oyster Bar near Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Kinsella says she's not seen the Cardinals losing record on the field affect business in the restaurant but she feels severe weather has been an issue. The Cardinals lost the game to Miami in the bottom of the ninth inning on a throwing error by Jordan Hicks. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_mqbtte_16---230506-DC-Baseball-Joy05.jpg Baseball joy Members of the Staunton Storm U9 baseball team Layne Goetten, left, and Max Wieseman fool around in the dugout as Wieseman gets ready to head out to the on-deck circle during a game at Plummer Family Park in Edwardsville on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_d5nilk_02---230217-DC-Spring-Training-Day-5-04.jpg St. Louis Cardinals spring training, Friday St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas photobombs hitting coach Turner Ward, left, and Tommy Edman as they walk back to the locker room at the Cardinals spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_u1pfor_03---230217-DC-Spring-Training-Day-5-06.jpg St. Louis Cardinals spring training, Friday St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt walks back to the locker room with his kids after finishing practice at the Cardinals spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla. on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_27mr79_05---230222-DC-Spring-Training-Weds-03.jpg St. Louis Cardinals minor league spring training Wednesday St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright throws in the bullpen at the Cardinals spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla. on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_ghj3s4_09---230304-DC-St--Louis-City-SC-first-game-17.jpg St. Louis City SC first game at CityPark St. Louis City forward Klauss, center, celebrates after he scored a goal in the second half to give City a 3-1 lead over Charlotte FC in the first-ever City SC home game at CityPark in St. Louis on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_yibzdd_240503-DC-Cards-White-Sox-26.jpg Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Nolan Gorman and shortstop Masyn Winn celebrate a victory by jumping into the air and bumping into each other after the final out of the ninth inning in a game between the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, on Friday, May 3, 2024. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_fzh27h_251116-DC-SLU-A-10-Champs.jpg Dayton vs St. Louis University in A-10 Men’s Soccer Championship St. Louis University defender JC Cortez celebrates after scoring his penalty kick in a shootout during the A-10 Men’s Soccer Championship game between Dayton and St. Louis University at Hermann Stadium in St. Louis on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_fz9mx6_220626-DC-Cards-Cubs26.jpg Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Juan Yepez (36) sticks out his tongue to his teammates on the bench as he he trots up the first baseline after homering in the third inning during a game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_osm3nu_221002-DC-Pujols-homer03A.jpg Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols watches the ball fly into the stands after smashed the 702 homerun of his career in the third inning during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_5id4h0_221002-DC-Pujols-Molina-Waino01.jpg Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols and Albert Pujols walk off the field as group in the fifth inning during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_mhapnr_221008-DC-Cards-Wild-Card-64.jpg Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals Game 2 National League wild card series St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina (4) stands in the dugout after being pulled from the game for pinch runner when Molina singled in last at bat in Game 2 of the National League wild card series between the Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_t2c1cz_240503-DC-Cards-White-Sox-24.jpg Chicago White Sox vs St. Louis Cardinals The lights in Busch Stadium glow red as AC\DC's Hells Bells plays while St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Ryan Helsley runs onto the field in the top of the ninth inning to secure a save and win for the Cardinals during a game between the Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals in St. Louis, on Friday, May 3, 2024. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_myyp6u_240404-DC-Opening-Day.jpg 2024 Busch Stadium home opener, Miami Marlins vs St. Louis Cardinals Richard Pietsek, from south St. Louis County, sings along as he displays his flag during the national anthem before the start of a game between the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals on home opener day at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_18uzkc_250808-DC-Cards-Cubs-11.jpg Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals, Friday St. Louis Cardinals guest coach Yadier Molina talks with players and coaches in the dugout before a game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_qfa73v_250815-DC-Cards-Yankees-23.jpg New York Yankees vs St. Louis Cardinals, Monday St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Thomas Saggese, left, and outfielder Jordan Walker converge on fly ball to shallow right field as Walker makes the catch during a game between the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_lkm9w7_251109-DC-Arm-Wrestling-11.jpg Arm wrestling with Gateway Armsports Mirzad Kablic, left, and Nolan Grooms, 17, work out during practice for the Gateway Armsports club gym in a converted garage attached to a house in Mehlville on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_hzr4rn_32-211006-DC-Cards-Wild-Card11A-JPG.jpg St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers National League wild-card game St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Alex Reyes (29), right, looks to left field as Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Chris Taylor (3) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run walk-off home run in the ninth inning to win the National League wild-card game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_vbixzr_38-191015-DC-Cards-Lose06.jpg St. Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals, Game 4 NLCS in Washington St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader watches the Nationals celebrate winning the National League Championship Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_c9lv85_35-191006-DC-Cards-Gm336a.jpg Atlanta Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals, Game 3 NLDS in St. Louis St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright celebrates getting a strikeout to end the sixth inning during Game 3 of the National League Division Series between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_n8d73h_06-210416-DC-Plager-Memorial14-JPG.jpg Memorial for Bobby Plager at the Enterprise Center St. Louis Blues fans walk by the memorial and the casket of Blues hockey legend Bobby Plager in the Enterprise Center in St. Louis on Friday, April 16, 2021. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_zdg3gz_19-190613-DC-Cup-Crowd03.jpg Stanley Cup in St. Louis after Blues win championship St. Louis Blues star Vladimir Tarasenko, left, presents the Stanley Cup to Ethan Sonderman, 17, to hold up and kiss as Sonderman is surrounded by a crowd of other St. Louis Blues fans outside of OB Clark's in Brentwood on Thursday, June 13, 2019, where a group of players gathered to celebrate their winning the Stanley Cup. Tarasenko was on the deck at OB Clark's when he spotted Sonderman, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair to get around, and told Sonderman that he'd bring the Stanley Cup to him. Tarasenko then brought the cup out fo the bar and through the crowd outside to Sonderman who, held the cup, kissed it and raised it up to the cheers of the crowd. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_aeizue_20-190615-DC-Blues-Aerial2.jpg St. Louis Blues Stanley Cup victory parade A large crowd of people filed into the Arch grounds and lined Market Street to help the St. Louis Blues celebrate winning the Stanley Cup with a parade and rally in downtown St. Louis on Saturday, June 15, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_6yagns_28-190525-DC-Cards.jpg St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Miles Mikolas cools off in the dugout in between innings of a game he wasn't pitching in during a game between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday, May 25, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_xeudfy_31-190929-DC-Cards-Win39.jpg Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals bench runs out on to the field after the Cardinals won a National League Central Division championship by winning a game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_qayurpwu_jakkx0_34-191003-DC-Cards-NLDS-30.jpg St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves, Game 1 NLDS in Atlanta St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Dexter Fowler’s helmet comes flying off as he slides into third on a base hit by Tommy Edman during Game 1 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/131007-NLCS-G4-2-20282289.jpg The Pittsburgh Pirates Josh Harrison called out by umpire Paul Nauert after trying to steal second and St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter tagged him in the eighth inning during Game 4 of the National League Division Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com The Pittsburgh Pirates Josh Harrison called out by umpire Paul Nauert after trying to steal second and St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Matt Carpenter tagged him in the eighth inning during Game 4 of the National League Division Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/2012-02-Cards-Lockerroom-Jube.jpg Adron Chambers, left, is doused with beer by pitcher Lance Lynn, center, in the locker room after the Cardinals won game five of the NLDS between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Friday, October 7, 2011 in Philadelphia. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Adron Chambers, left, is doused with beer by pitcher Lance Lynn, center, in the locker room after the Cardinals won game five of the NLDS between the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Friday, October 7, 2011 in Philadelphia. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://davidcarsonphotos.com/portraits-&-illustrations 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/zWill-Smith-Laugh-2.jpg Portraits & Illustrations | Simple Image Page View Portraits & Illustrations by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/40-Murphy.jpg 06DCSTL01 Recruit Amanda Murphy during her final field exercise before graduation from basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. A short time after graduation Murphy went AWOL. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/CD-DC-Riverman-3.jpg 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. 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://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/01H-01-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg After kissing the tips of her fingers Vanessa Riley reaches out to touch the box containing the ashes Dante Bonzano, father to her three children, as she goes to bed for the night at her home in south St. Louis on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Riley keeps the ashes on her nightstand next to a box of his personal items because she says she hasn't gotten used to the idea he's gone. Bonzano had been on Vivitrol to help him control his addiction to heroin. He died on February 8, 2017 of an apparent overdose. In 2016 273 city residents last year, more than double the previous year, died of fatal opioid overdoses. Heroin is being cut with fentanyl to increase the high but the fentanyl is so powerful it leading to a sharp increase in deaths from overdoses. After kissing the tips of her fingers Vanessa Riley reaches out to touch the box containing the ashes Dante Bonzano, father to her three children, as she goes to bed for the night at her home in south St. Louis on Thursday, April 6, 2017. Riley keeps the ashes on her nightstand next to a box of his personal items because she says she hasn't gotten used to the idea he's gone. Bonzano had been on Vivitrol to help him control his addiction to heroin. He died on February 8, 2017 of an apparent overdose. In 2016 273 city residents last year, more than double the previous year, died of fatal opioid overdoses. Heroin is being cut with fentanyl to increase the high but the fentanyl is so powerful it leading to a sharp increase in deaths from overdoses. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/02H-02-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg A discarded syringe is left in an alley behind a dilapidated apartment building on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A year earlier, heroin user Eric Bearden, 28, died of a heroin overdose inside the apartment building. The alley is still known for it's drug use. A discarded syringe is left in an alley behind a dilapidated apartment building on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. A year earlier, heroin user Eric Bearden, 28, died of a heroin overdose inside the apartment building. The alley is still known for it's drug use. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/03H-03-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Richard Skinner and Ashley Johnston walk to Johnston's home to wash his clothes and shoot heroin in St. Louis on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Johnston and Skinner have a 12-year-old child together that is cared for by Johnston's mother. The two are still attracted to each other but Johnston is currently six months pregnant with another man's child. Richard Skinner and Ashley Johnston walk to Johnston's home to wash his clothes and shoot heroin in St. Louis on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Johnston and Skinner have a 12-year-old child together that is cared for by Johnston's mother. The two are still attracted to each other but Johnston is currently six months pregnant with another man's child. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/04H-04-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Ashley Johnston and Richard Skinner shoot heroin in the kitchen of Johnston's home in St. Louis on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Both have used heroin off and on for years. Johnston, who is six months pregnant with her fourth child, is trying to kick her habit with methadone, but recently missed a few methadone doses because of car problems. Skinner says he uses his stints in jail to get clean. Johnston and Skinner have one child together. Johnston and Skinner's child is cared for Johnston's mother who also cares for Johnston's other two children. In 2016 273 city residents last year, more than double the previous year, died of fatal opioid overdoses. Heroin is being cut with fentanyl to increase the high but the fentanyl is so powerful it leading to a sharp increase in deaths from overdoses. Ashley Johnston and Richard Skinner shoot heroin in the kitchen of Johnston's home in St. Louis on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Both have used heroin off and on for years. Johnston, who is six months pregnant with her fourth child, is trying to kick her habit with methadone, but recently missed a few methadone doses because of car problems. Skinner says he uses his stints in jail to get clean. Johnston and Skinner have one child together. Johnston and Skinner's child is cared for Johnston's mother who also cares for Johnston's other two children. In 2016 273 city residents last year, more than double the previous year, died of fatal opioid overdoses. Heroin is being cut with fentanyl to increase the high but the fentanyl is so powerful it leading to a sharp increase in deaths from overdoses. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/05H-05-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Richard Skinner shoots heroin on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, into a vein near a tattoo he got during a stint in prison years earlier. "Heroin is the only thing that ever stole my soul. I'm not me any more" says Skinner. Skinner who had to be revived by paramedics from a a near fatal overdose just a few weeks ago "Death ain't nothing to me anymore" Richard Skinner shoots heroin on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, into a vein near a tattoo he got during a stint in prison years earlier. "Heroin is the only thing that ever stole my soul. I'm not me any more" says Skinner. Skinner who had to be revived by paramedics from a a near fatal overdose just a few weeks ago "Death ain't nothing to me anymore" https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/06H-06-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Richard Skinner sinks back into a chair as the heroin he just shot takes affect. Richard Skinner sinks back into a chair as the heroin he just shot takes affect. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/08H-08-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg People line up outside the St. Louis Metro Treatment Center at 5 a.m. to get their daily dose of methadone on Monday, April 3, 2017. The clinic opens it's doors to clients at 5:15 am, many in line come early because they need to their dose before going to work for the day. People line up outside the St. Louis Metro Treatment Center at 5 a.m. to get their daily dose of methadone on Monday, April 3, 2017. The clinic opens it's doors to clients at 5:15 am, many in line come early because they need to their dose before going to work for the day. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/07H-07-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Maria Torres, 44, holds a picture on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 of her deceased husband Allen Goins who died of acute fentanyl intoxication on in February of 2016. Goins was one of more than 270 fatal opioid overdoses that happened in the city of St. Louis in 2016. The boy pictured with Goins is Dominic Torres, the son of Maria and Goins. Maria Torres, 44, holds a picture on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 of her deceased husband Allen Goins who died of acute fentanyl intoxication on in February of 2016. Goins was one of more than 270 fatal opioid overdoses that happened in the city of St. Louis in 2016. The boy pictured with Goins is Dominic Torres, the son of Maria and Goins. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/09H-09-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Travis Garner, 3, goes high on the swings as his aunt Josie Martinez prepares to give Travis's sister Amya Garner, 8 months, a push at South St. Louis Square Park in St. Louis on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Martinez takes the children to the park often but makes Travis wait on a bench until she makes sure the playground is free of dirty syringes. Travis Garner, 3, goes high on the swings as his aunt Josie Martinez prepares to give Travis's sister Amya Garner, 8 months, a push at South St. Louis Square Park in St. Louis on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Martinez takes the children to the park often but makes Travis wait on a bench until she makes sure the playground is free of dirty syringes. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/10H-10-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg "I died. Death you never no when its going to come, you don't even know if it will take you" is printed in a the journal of a heroin addict. The addict who did not want to be identified says he wrote the journal entry after he had a near fatal overdose the previous month. "I died. Death you never no when its going to come, you don't even know if it will take you" is printed in a the journal of a heroin addict. The addict who did not want to be identified says he wrote the journal entry after he had a near fatal overdose the previous month. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/11H-13-.jpg Richard Skinner looks for heroin residue inside a gel cap that previously held the drug on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. "I'm still sick," says Skinner who has not had a dose of heroin since the night before and doesn't have money to buy more on this morning. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Richard Skinner looks for heroin residue inside a gel cap that previously held the drug on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. "I'm still sick," says Skinner who has not had a dose of heroin since the night before and doesn't have money to buy more on this morning. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/12H-14-.jpg Heroin in St. Louis | Simple Image Page View Heroin in St. Louis by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/14H-15-.jpg Heroin in St. Louis | Simple Image Page View Heroin in St. Louis by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/13H-16-.jpg Heroin in St. Louis | Simple Image Page View Heroin in St. Louis by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/16H-12-.jpg Richard Skinner shoots a mix of heroin and meth called a speedball in a quiet spot of cemetery in south St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. "Death ain't nothing to me anymore" says Skinner who had to be revived by paramedics from a a near fatal overdose just a few weeks ago. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Richard Skinner shoots a mix of heroin and meth called a speedball in a quiet spot of cemetery in south St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. "Death ain't nothing to me anymore" says Skinner who had to be revived by paramedics from a a near fatal overdose just a few weeks ago. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/15H-17-.jpg Heroin in St. Louis | Simple Image Page View Heroin in St. Louis by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/17H-12-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg Camden, 4 months, is snuggled by his mother Amanda Davis in their private room at a Queen of Peace Center maternity home in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Davis, a recovering heroin addict, entered the Queen of Peace program to help her kick her heroin addiction when she found out she was pregnant with Camden. She is taking weekly drug tests now to prove that she is clean and will soon be moving into her own apartment. Her hope is after proving she is clean and moving into her own apartment she'll be able to regain custody of her other children that were taken away by the state when she was using drugs. Camden, 4 months, is snuggled by his mother Amanda Davis in their private room at a Queen of Peace Center maternity home in the College Hill neighborhood of St. Louis on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. Davis, a recovering heroin addict, entered the Queen of Peace program to help her kick her heroin addiction when she found out she was pregnant with Camden. She is taking weekly drug tests now to prove that she is clean and will soon be moving into her own apartment. Her hope is after proving she is clean and moving into her own apartment she'll be able to regain custody of her other children that were taken away by the state when she was using drugs. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/18H-21.jpg Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/19H-11-Heroin-Carson-BOP.jpg After a probation violation hearing Richard Skinner is lead away from court on April 4, 2017. Skinner was arrested a few weeks earlier when police spotted him in an alley as he was going through a bag of jewelry he says he "found" in a vacant building. When police ran Skinner's name a warrant for his arrested popped up for a probation violation. Skinner has bounced in and out of both federal and state prisons for most of his adult. He says prison time doesn't bother him and that in a way it's good because he is able to get clean from drugs while he is behind bars. After a probation violation hearing Richard Skinner is lead away from court on April 4, 2017. Skinner was arrested a few weeks earlier when police spotted him in an alley as he was going through a bag of jewelry he says he "found" in a vacant building. When police ran Skinner's name a warrant for his arrested popped up for a probation violation. Skinner has bounced in and out of both federal and state prisons for most of his adult. He says prison time doesn't bother him and that in a way it's good because he is able to get clean from drugs while he is behind bars. 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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The shots were so close that people could smell smoke from the gunpowder. The gunfire scattered fans game but no one at the game was hurt by gun fire. "They're my kids...I'd rather for me to get hit than them" said Spain. After a short interruption, the game started up again. Photo by David Carson, dcaroson@post-dispatch.com Tiffany Spain, 29, covers her daughter Logynn Spain, 4, as she calls out to her other child to run to her for cover as gun shots ring out from a car driving by Sumner High School during a football game between Vashon High School and Gateway STEM High School on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. The shots were so close that people could smell smoke from the gunpowder. The gunfire scattered fans game but no one at the game was hurt by gun fire. "They're my kids...I'd rather for me to get hit than them" said Spain. After a short interruption, the game started up again. Photo by David Carson, dcaroson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-041-.jpg A man with a drawn gun watches police in his side rear view mirror as he drives slowly away from a line of advancing police trying to clear protesters off of Page Boulevard near the intersection of Walton Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photo A man with a drawn gun watches police in his side rear view mirror as he drives slowly away from a line of advancing police trying to clear protesters off of Page Boulevard near the intersection of Walton Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photo https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-043-.jpg Renee Swink (left) is framed in a bullet hole punched through the front window of Yeatman Market in the 4400 block of Athlone Avenue on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The bullet hole is from a shooting that injured three people at about 11:30 a.m. One man suffered a gun shot wound to the leg, another man was hit in his ankle and arm and a third victim sustained a graze wound to his arm. All three victims are expected to survive. The shots were fired from a car at a man who was walking in front of the market. "It's shocking" said Swink whose daughter lives in an apartment above the store. Stray bullets also shattered the store's front glass doors, damaged some wood work and a soda machine. Also pictured is Mustafa Hamed (right) who was helping sweep up the broken glass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Renee Swink (left) is framed in a bullet hole punched through the front window of Yeatman Market in the 4400 block of Athlone Avenue on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The bullet hole is from a shooting that injured three people at about 11:30 a.m. One man suffered a gun shot wound to the leg, another man was hit in his ankle and arm and a third victim sustained a graze wound to his arm. All three victims are expected to survive. The shots were fired from a car at a man who was walking in front of the market. "It's shocking" said Swink whose daughter lives in an apartment above the store. Stray bullets also shattered the store's front glass doors, damaged some wood work and a soda machine. Also pictured is Mustafa Hamed (right) who was helping sweep up the broken glass. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-26-Best-of-2017-Carson.jpg Vanita Walker (left) talks with North County Police Cooperative officer Albert Haller as police investigate the scene of a triple homicide on 4500 block of Rosewood Avenue in Pine Lawn on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. "That's my son's car," said Walker as she pleaded to be let into the crime scene so she could identify her son. Walker tried to calm her and explain to her why she couldn't enter the scene as it was be investigated. "As a human you just feel for her," said Haller a little later after Walker moved back from the police line. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Vanita Walker (left) talks with North County Police Cooperative officer Albert Haller as police investigate the scene of a triple homicide on 4500 block of Rosewood Avenue in Pine Lawn on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. "That's my son's car," said Walker as she pleaded to be let into the crime scene so she could identify her son. Walker tried to calm her and explain to her why she couldn't enter the scene as it was be investigated. "As a human you just feel for her," said Haller a little later after Walker moved back from the police line. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_ndt8q5_19---230618-DC-10-Kids-Shot10hortaltnospace.jpg Hands of the Future-One teen dead, 10 others injured in downtown St. Louis shooting In a two-photo combo, a bloody handprint can be seen smeared in the hallway of a building at 1409 Washington Avenue where a teenager died and 10 others were injured, in a shooting at a party in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, June 18, 2023. Hours later, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, center, Rep. Cori Bush, left, and St. Louis Police Chief Robert Tracy, right, hold a press conference at the Wohl Recreation Center about the shooting in downtown. State laws in Missouri make it difficult for cities to pass gun control legislation. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_qlrpzk_06---230301-DC-Crash-Balloon-Release-13.jpg Guns and threats of violence at a vigil for car wreck victims A man, center, clutching a handgun with an extended magazine and wearing an ankle monitor, runs towards an argument taking place on the entrance road to westbound Forest Park Avenue near Grand Boulevard on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. The heated argument occurred as a balloon release for four victims of a fatal hit-and-run crash was ending. The argument was over "disrespect" and involved multiple people with drawn guns on the street and people in a passing car with guns. Outnumbered and outgunned, police officers at the memorial put out an aid call requesting backup. "I don't give a f*** if the police are here" one of the men shouted. No shots were fired, no one was arrested, and the arguing parties fled as the sirens of many approaching police cars grew louder. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170807-DC-Shooting03.jpg Residents watch as police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the 1400 block of Kealty Lane in St. Louis on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The suspect in the shooting returned to the shooting scene driving a minivan and surrendered to police. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Residents watch as police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in the 1400 block of Kealty Lane in St. Louis on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. The suspect in the shooting returned to the shooting scene driving a minivan and surrendered to police. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-23-Best-of-2017-Carson.jpg Toddler Donovan Allen, 2, stands outside his home in the 1100 block of Dillion Street as police investigate a fatal shooting in the 1400 block of Kealty Lane in St. Louis on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Donovan's mother, not pictured, was sitting on the front steps of her home to the left watching police investigate the scene. Police tape and evidence markers denoting bullet casings were put up right outside the front steps of the Allens home. It was the third fatal shooting in a month that occurred within 100 yards of Donovan's home. The suspect in the shooting returned to the scene driving a minivan and surrendered to police, who recovered a gun from the vehicle. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Toddler Donovan Allen, 2, stands outside his home in the 1100 block of Dillion Street as police investigate a fatal shooting in the 1400 block of Kealty Lane in St. Louis on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Donovan's mother, not pictured, was sitting on the front steps of her home to the left watching police investigate the scene. Police tape and evidence markers denoting bullet casings were put up right outside the front steps of the Allens home. It was the third fatal shooting in a month that occurred within 100 yards of Donovan's home. The suspect in the shooting returned to the scene driving a minivan and surrendered to police, who recovered a gun from the vehicle. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170808-DC-Mom-kid-Trip02.jpg Donna Green and her sons Chris Allen (right), 3, and Donovan Allen, 2, crosses Chouteau Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. in the morning as they head to the bus stop on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Green works at a McDonalds in north St. Louis County and needs to leave her home in St. Louis City before 5 a.m. to catch two buses to drop her children at daycare. She then takes another bus to work. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Donna Green and her sons Chris Allen (right), 3, and Donovan Allen, 2, crosses Chouteau Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. in the morning as they head to the bus stop on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. Green works at a McDonalds in north St. Louis County and needs to leave her home in St. Louis City before 5 a.m. to catch two buses to drop her children at daycare. She then takes another bus to work. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-171006-DC-OFallon-Shooting03.jpg A woman leans in to talk with her nephew who was shot in the 1800 block of O'Fallon Street in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Two 20-year-old men on foot were shot by a suspect driving a silver Nissan Altima at about 2:40 p.m. Both men were transported to the hospital. One was shot twice in the upper torso and is in critical condition and the other was shot in the leg and is in stable condition. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A woman leans in to talk with her nephew who was shot in the 1800 block of O'Fallon Street in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. Two 20-year-old men on foot were shot by a suspect driving a silver Nissan Altima at about 2:40 p.m. Both men were transported to the hospital. One was shot twice in the upper torso and is in critical condition and the other was shot in the leg and is in stable condition. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-160113-DC-Shooting-1.jpg Destiny Mims, 6, watches as police work the scene of a fatal shooting on North 8th Street in St. Louis on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Mims ,who lives a block away from where the shooting happened, was walking home from school with her mother and brother when they stopped to view the scene. As police were investigating the shooting on North 8th Street more gun shots were heard in the distance, to the east near Interstate 70. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Destiny Mims, 6, watches as police work the scene of a fatal shooting on North 8th Street in St. Louis on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Mims ,who lives a block away from where the shooting happened, was walking home from school with her mother and brother when they stopped to view the scene. As police were investigating the shooting on North 8th Street more gun shots were heard in the distance, to the east near Interstate 70. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-130913-DC-Centreville-Shootings2.jpg Fourth grader James McClain, 9, watches as Illinois State Police troopers Grant Hentze (center) and James Randolph gather evidence from a long blood trail that stretched through the Ernest Smith housing complex in Centreville after three people were shot early Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. McClain has his arms tucked in his shirt to keep warm in the chill of the morning air. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Fourth grader James McClain, 9, watches as Illinois State Police troopers Grant Hentze (center) and James Randolph gather evidence from a long blood trail that stretched through the Ernest Smith housing complex in Centreville after three people were shot early Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. McClain has his arms tucked in his shirt to keep warm in the chill of the morning air. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-141224-DC-Berk-Shooting3.jpg Toni Martin (center) cries out on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014 as she talks to police at the scene were 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 were 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/G-150714-DC-Duruba3.jpg Dhoruba Shakur (left), and Anna Forder have a discussion at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Maryland Avenue close to where a St. Louis police sergeant was shot on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Shakur, a community activists and regular protester, was standing at the intersection with a sign that read "How does it feel??" when Forder approached him and the pair began talking. Forder, a retired St. Louis judge, told Shakur she felt the sign was "taunting". Shakir said he was holding the sign "So people feel disrespected the way I feel disrespected every day". Shakur feels that the United States was founded on white supremacy and that it still impacts his life. The pair talked calmly for more than 5 minutes debating issues of race and violence. The conversation ended politely and they parted with an exchange of smiles. "He's a smart young man. He's educated. But I'm very upset about the shooting of the police officer" said Forder who felt the conversation had been positive. Shakur felt differently about the conversation "She was being condescending". Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Dhoruba Shakur (left), and Anna Forder have a discussion at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and Maryland Avenue close to where a St. Louis police sergeant was shot on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Shakur, a community activists and regular protester, was standing at the intersection with a sign that read "How does it feel??" when Forder approached him and the pair began talking. Forder, a retired St. Louis judge, told Shakur she felt the sign was "taunting". Shakir said he was holding the sign "So people feel disrespected the way I feel disrespected every day". Shakur feels that the United States was founded on white supremacy and that it still impacts his life. The pair talked calmly for more than 5 minutes debating issues of race and violence. The conversation ended politely and they parted with an exchange of smiles. "He's a smart young man. He's educated. But I'm very upset about the shooting of the police officer" said Forder who felt the conversation had been positive. Shakur felt differently about the conversation "She was being condescending". Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170313-DC-Gun-Fire5A.jpg Police react to gun fire on West Florissant Avenue near the Ferguson Market on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.c Police react to gun fire on West Florissant Avenue near the Ferguson Market on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.c https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170916-DC-Delmar-Protest50A.jpg Protester and open carry advocate Dhoruba Shakur stands outside the St. Louis city Justice Center at the end of a rally where about 1,000 people gathered on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Protesters raised money to bail people out of jail after police arrested arrested 123 people on Sunday. Protests began on Friday after former police officer Jason Stockley was found innocent in the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith. St. Louis City Hall is in the background of the photo. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Protester and open carry advocate Dhoruba Shakur stands outside the St. Louis city Justice Center at the end of a rally where about 1,000 people gathered on Monday, Sept. 18, 2017. Protesters raised money to bail people out of jail after police arrested arrested 123 people on Sunday. Protests began on Friday after former police officer Jason Stockley was found innocent in the 2011 fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith. St. Louis City Hall is in the background of the photo. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_pu8mj5_23-190829-DC-ISP-Cop-Vigil1.jpg Waterloo community holds candlelight vigil for Trooper Nick Hopkins Waterloo Junior High School 8th grade football team members Nate Phillips, left, and Nathan Klein, take part in a candlelight vigil for Illinois State Police Trooper Nick Hopkins on the football field at Waterloo Junior High School on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. More than 1,000 people showed up for the vigil. Trooper Hopkins was shot and killed on Aug. 23 in an exchange of gunfire with a suspect as the Illinois State Police SWAT team executed a search warrant at a duplex in East St. Louis. The visitation for Hopkins will be Saturday at Waterloo High School from 3-9 p.m. A first-responder and military walk-through will begin at 6 p.m. His funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday at Waterloo High School. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170426-DC-Pine-Lawn-Homicide2.jpg Police investigate the scene of a triple homicide on 4500 block of Rosewood Avenue in Pine Lawn on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. The major case squad is investigating the shooting. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Police investigate the scene of a triple homicide on 4500 block of Rosewood Avenue in Pine Lawn on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. The major case squad is investigating the shooting. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-CD-DC-Fountain-Shooting-2.jpg Thursday September 17, 2009--St. Louis Police Department crime scene technician Tom Burgoon places evidence markers next to all the shell casings that littered the ground near the scene of shooting at Fountain Ave. and N. Eucid Ave on Thursday. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday September 17, 2009--St. Louis Police Department crime scene technician Tom Burgoon places evidence markers next to all the shell casings that littered the ground near the scene of shooting at Fountain Ave. and N. Eucid Ave on Thursday. The victim was transported to the hospital where he was listed in critical condition. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-CARS9698.jpg St. Louis, guns, shootings and crimes | Simple Image Page View St. Louis, guns, shootings and crimes by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-171011-DC-Murder-search2.jpg A Missouri State Trooper searches for suspects wanted in connection with a homicide in an area off of Golden Oak Drive in Fenton on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A Missouri State Trooper searches for suspects wanted in connection with a homicide in an area off of Golden Oak Drive in Fenton on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-161002-DC-Shooting1-copy.jpg J'volte Jones, 8, holds up a cellphone to record video of St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson (left) as Dotson takes questions from the community after briefing the press about an incident where two St. Louis police officers shoot a 14 year-old boy in the 5000 block of Beacon Avenue in St. Louis on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. "This shouldn't be their normal" said J'vonte's mother Crystal Brown (not pictured). Dotson says the 14 year-old fired one shot at police who were chasing him, the police returned fire an unknown number of times hitting the boy. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com J'volte Jones, 8, holds up a cellphone to record video of St. Louis police chief Sam Dotson (left) as Dotson takes questions from the community after briefing the press about an incident where two St. Louis police officers shoot a 14 year-old boy in the 5000 block of Beacon Avenue in St. Louis on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. "This shouldn't be their normal" said J'vonte's mother Crystal Brown (not pictured). Dotson says the 14 year-old fired one shot at police who were chasing him, the police returned fire an unknown number of times hitting the boy. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-045-.jpg Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Thursday December 31, 2009--Byron Blassingame Jr., left, and Darrion Bassingame Jr., right, are comforted by their grandmother Jacqueline Heard, center, as the names of the 145 murder victims from the city of St. Louis are read aloud during the 18th Annual Families Advocating Safe Streets candle light service to remember 2009's murder victims at El Bethel Church of God in Christ on Thursday in St. Louis. Heard's son Byron Blassingame Sr. was shot and killed along with two other men in the same SUV as they were waiting at stop light near Union Station on May 8, 2009. Byron Jr. was Byron Blassingame Sr.'s son and Darrion Blassingame Jr. was his nephew. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-140312-DC-Ministers16-2.jpg Shenelle Burgess (center) releases balloons with her family and friends at the grave of her son Pierre Childs at New Bethlehem Cemetery on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Police believe that Childs,16, was the unintended victim of a shooting on May, 7, 2013. The family of Childs has been helped through the grieving and police investigation process by a minister assigned to the family by the police department. The family gathered to release balloons to mark what would have been Childs' 17th birthday. To date no one has been charged with Childs' murder. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Shenelle Burgess (center) releases balloons with her family and friends at the grave of her son Pierre Childs at New Bethlehem Cemetery on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Police believe that Childs,16, was the unintended victim of a shooting on May, 7, 2013. The family of Childs has been helped through the grieving and police investigation process by a minister assigned to the family by the police department. The family gathered to release balloons to mark what would have been Childs' 17th birthday. To date no one has been charged with Childs' murder. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-171105-DC-Shooting3.jpg At least 14 bullet hole are visible on the driver's side of the car in a gas station parking lot at Natural Bridge Avenue and Union Boulevard where a man who was shot in the back drove to on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Police say the shooting occurred near Palm Street and Geraldine Avenue around 3 p.m. The man was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Another passenger in the car was unhurt by the gunfire. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com At least 14 bullet hole are visible on the driver's side of the car in a gas station parking lot at Natural Bridge Avenue and Union Boulevard where a man who was shot in the back drove to on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Police say the shooting occurred near Palm Street and Geraldine Avenue around 3 p.m. The man was conscious and breathing when he was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Another passenger in the car was unhurt by the gunfire. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-Shooting-Scar.jpg St. Louis, guns, shootings and crimes | Simple Image Page View St. Louis, guns, shootings and crimes by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-CD-DC-Guns-and-GangsSTL1a.jpg Tuesday March 1, 2011--Grave digger Adam Osborne, 24, center, and other workers from Lake Charles Park Cemetery lower 16 year-old Jade Hamilton's coffin into her grave after her funeral. Hamilton had been sitting in a car at Mount Pleasant Park when three young men approached the car and began shooting, striking her in the neck, police said. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com Tuesday March 1, 2011--Grave digger Adam Osborne, 24, center, and other workers from Lake Charles Park Cemetery lower 16 year-old Jade Hamilton's coffin into her grave after her funeral. Hamilton had been sitting in a car at Mount Pleasant Park when three young men approached the car and began shooting, striking her in the neck, police said. David Carson dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-049-.jpg Blue balloons rise into the sky above Gilson Brown Elementary School in Godfrey on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 during emotional ceremony in memory of Romell Jones, a former student at the school. Romell, 11, was killed by a stray bullet fired from a passing car as he was waiting at the Alton Acres public housing complex for his basketball coach to pick him up for practice. All the students at the school gathered on the playground for a brief ceremony where Romell's fifth grade classmates released balloons in his memory and presented a few gifts to Romell's family who attended the event. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com Blue balloons rise into the sky above Gilson Brown Elementary School in Godfrey on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 during emotional ceremony in memory of Romell Jones, a former student at the school. Romell, 11, was killed by a stray bullet fired from a passing car as he was waiting at the Alton Acres public housing complex for his basketball coach to pick him up for practice. All the students at the school gathered on the playground for a brief ceremony where Romell's fifth grade classmates released balloons in his memory and presented a few gifts to Romell's family who attended the event. Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-170531-DC-Gunbusters-_1_.jpg A gun seen before (left) and after being run through the Gunbusters gun pulverizing machine at the company's headquarters in Chesterfield on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com A gun seen before (left) and after being run through the Gunbusters gun pulverizing machine at the company's headquarters in Chesterfield on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-171128-DC-Police-PR2.jpg St. Louis Acting Police Chief Lawrence O'Toole (left) has a crime scene technician display the AK rifle used by a suspect who fired at police as he gives a press conference at police headquarters in St. Louis on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Police fired at and wounded the suspect at the scene in the 5900 block of Page Boulevard. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Acting Police Chief Lawrence O'Toole (left) has a crime scene technician display the AK rifle used by a suspect who fired at police as he gives a press conference at police headquarters in St. Louis on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Police fired at and wounded the suspect at the scene in the 5900 block of Page Boulevard. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_o5iyb3_05-200122-DC-McRee03a.jpg Fatal shooting in the 4100 block of McRee Ave in St. Louis Police investigate the scene of a homicide in the 4100 block of McRee Avenue in St. Louis on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. A man who had been fatally shot was found inside the white van pictured to the left. People in the residential neighborhood reported hearing more than a dozen gunshots. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.comm https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_ezcqtb_07-200515-DC-Shooting02A.jpg 15-year-old shot in 3800 block of Sullivan in St. Louis "I'm glad it wasn't me that got shot. If it doesn't get your heart or your lungs you'll be O.K." said DamarionPhillips, 8, as he climbs a tree at the edge of a shooting scene where a 15-year-old boy was shot once in the torso in the 3800 block of Sullivan Avenue on Friday, May 15, 2020. The wounded boy was transported to the hospital, where doctors were able to stabilize him and treat his wound. Witnesses in the neighborhood said the boy knew his assailant. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_k8mfri_64-200729-DC-shooting05.jpg Triple Homicide on Floy Avenue St. Louis police detectives stand near one of the victims of a triple homicide in the 5500 block of Floy Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/G-322-.jpg A motorist pulls his gun and keeps an eye on protesters who broke out the rear window of his minivan along Euclid Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Moments before the motorist had dangerously driven through a group Ferguson protesters standing in the intersection of Euclid and Maryland Avenue. The protesters chased him down the street and surrounded his vehicle when he became stuck in traffic. A motorist pulls his gun and keeps an eye on protesters who broke out the rear window of his minivan along Euclid Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Moments before the motorist had dangerously driven through a group Ferguson protesters standing in the intersection of Euclid and Maryland Avenue. The protesters chased him down the street and surrounded his vehicle when he became stuck in traffic. https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_npz4s4_200110-DC-Shooting.jpg Woman shot in the arm Police investigate the scene of a shooting on a gas station parking lot at Goodfellow Boulevard and Natural Bridge Avenue in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. During the incident a woman was shot in the arm and fled the scene in a vehicle that was involved in an accident with another vehicle, that was uninvolved with the shooting, at the intersection of Clara Avenue and Natural Bridge Avenue a short distance away from the shooting scene. A woman who was an occupant in the second vehicle was also injured. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_f43tfe_02-200729-DC-shooting02.jpg Triple Homicide on Floy Avenue Police investigate the scene of a triple homicide in the 5500 block of Floy Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Yellow evidence markers, usually used to mark spent bullet casings, littered the street. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_r71ta9_14-190409-DC-Body-Found05.jpg Body found in SUV parked on 5000 block of Wren Ave A woman who wanted only to be identified as "Deb" rakes leaves in her yard as police (right) investigate the scene where a body was found inside an SUV parked on the 5000 block of Wren Avenue in St. Louis on Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Residents say the SUV had been parked along the street for at least several days. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_lv18m0_190927-DC-15yo-shot05.jpg 15-year-old boy shot, killed at home in north St. Louis County Ronetta Davis, 16, center, is consoled by her cousin Sonota Rush, right, near the a homicide scene in the10300 block of Ross Circle in north St. Louis County where RonettaÕs 15-year-old brother Antione Brown was shot and killed in his home early on Friday, Sept. 27, 2919. Relatives of the boy say that he had recently been receiving threats via social media. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://storage.neonsky.app/52octf5t/images/52octf5t_6axn7ko8_w0orgs_01-190828-DC-Vigil8.jpg Vigil for murdered children in St. Louis Shardae Edmondson, 11, is consoled by her mother Sharonda Edmondson and sister Zha'lea Thompson, 7, during a vigil Herzog Elementary School in St. Louis for children murdered in St. Louis on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. Shardae and Zha'lea were sisters of 8-year-old Jurnee Thompson who was killed by a stray bullet last Friday night. Sharonda was Jurnee's mother. Photo by David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com https://davidcarsonphotos.com/afghanistan,-october-2006 2026-03-16 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-15-CarsD-H-01.jpg Afghanistan, October 2006 | Simple Image Page View Afghanistan, October 2006 by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-15-CarsD-D-01.jpg Afghanistan Five Years Later-Past Battles Afghanistan Five Years Later-Past Battles-A bullet and shrapnal riddled front gate of a school serves as a reminder of past battles in Kabul. Here a US Army officer photographs the school as possible reconstruction project. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-15-CarsD-G-01.jpg Afghanistan Five Years Later-Hearts and Minds Afghanistan Five Years Later-Hearts and Minds-To win hearts and minds of locals the U.S. Army built this $87,000 mosque outside Kabul at the request of the village elder. The military hopes the mosque will sway religous and community leaders to have more positive view of the American's presence in their county. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-15-CarsD-B-01.jpg Afghanistan, October 2006 | Simple Image Page View Afghanistan, October 2006 by Simple Image Page. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ec04c2f91/images/64-15-CarsD-A-01.jpg Afghanistan Five Years Later-Scales Five years after the United States decleared war on Afghanistan the country has made progress while other things remain unchanged. 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