This is five on your side. At six
focused on you.
Dean
said that I could
finish out the semester teaching via Zoom.
But other professors have been told that they are not allowed to even do that.
Six faculty members at Washington University and 23 students say
they are barred from campus after protests on Saturday.
Now police are preparing for a new round of protests tomorrow
at
ST Louis University. Good evening. Thank you for being with us. I'm Ann Allred
and I'm Mike Bush at a news conference just a few hours ago,
students and professors who face discipline
called Washington University's police response,
brutal and aggressive Bob on your side's Mark Maxwell
joins us now from outside Washington University campus,
Mark
City police and ST Louis University officials are
coordinating now ahead of protests planned for slough
tomorrow night. But students and
professors who protested
was
on Saturday demanding
that the university sever its ties with Boeing,
both financial ties and operational ties.
They plan to move their protest across town to slough.
And unlike those demonstrations on Saturday,
which occurred mostly within the city of Clayton and ST Louis County.
Tomorrow night's events will play out entirely within city limits.
Mayor Jones office tells us her staff remains
firmly supportive of the right to peaceful protest.
Chief Tracy told us
the department is determined to protect the
safety and security of all individuals expressing
their first amendment right to assemble and engage in non violent protest.
Tracy says they're aware of this protest plan
for tomorrow and will be available to assist
in ensuring the safety and security of all parties involved.
But Board of Alderman President Megan Green who was suspended
and barred from campus criticized the decision
to use police resources in this manner
and should Mayor Jones tell the police to stand down?
Absolutely.
I think our expectation should be that tomorrow's
protests at Saint Louis University take the same for
form as occupy slew back in 2014 where there is not police presence
and instead the university chooses to engage
in productive dialogue with their students.
165 year old professor who teaches at SI
UE across the state line was injured as he was arrested in Saturday's protest.
He sent a letter from the hospital where he claims he has
broken ribs. I asked city officials who were involved in this protest.
If you're concerned about
the safety of these students, would you offer them the instruction to disperse?
When police say that that
gathering is no longer a legal one, they would not. In fact, Al
Woman
Alicia,
she expects leaders to allow youth to use their voices.
One last update,
campus police still have not yet at this time referred any criminal charges
to prosecutors after Saturday's events live
outside the campus of Washington University,
Mark Maxwell five on your side.
And our team coverage of the campus protests continues with
the Jewish community at Washington University five on your side's Megan
Knin checked in with students and staff to see how they're being supported. Me,
my two religious organizations near campus have become an outlet for many
Jewish students looking for safety and comfort during this difficult time.
I don't feel scared to walk around campus or anything. But
you know, when I heard about the protests, I had a few days ago,
I definitely did not want to go near campus
because that was definitely really scary to hear about
the recent protests on Washington University's campus sparked some
fear among some students the day that it happened.
A lot of people did come to
Chabad just to
spend time with one another.
Many Jewish students including Miriam Yankovich
have found their safe place at Chabad
and Hal.
Two of the biggest Jewish
organizations near campus,
there are nearly 2000 Jewish students on campus
which is a huge population of the school
and they know that like,
I hope all of them know that Hillel is open for them when they need a safe place.
Jordan Kosh
is with the anti defamation league Heartland.
He says anti Semitic incidents have increased
dramatically this past year in Missouri,
they quadrupled
more than quadrupled in Illinois. They're up
almost 97%.
It's really just been a lot. That's why Rina Gersten who works at.
Hillel says they also provide emotional support,
especially for students dealing with a lot on their plate.
I've had so many students like come and rant to me about everything, like,
not just like Israel protest related but also like it's finals week,
like it's a hard week to be a college student in general.
So
with all of those stressors kind of building up and then
kind of help them like
relax. Yankovich says, she knows that support will always be there.
It's been really, really great to see,
you know,
the Jewish community just supporting one another
and really being there for one another.
Many students are also dealing with the stress of graduation.
Today we learned Washington University is making
a few changes for commencement next month.
But the arts and sciences undergraduate ceremony and the
university wide commencement ceremony will require tickets to enter
Megan.
Thanks for more information about the Washington University protest from
all angles just text the word protest to 3144255355.
Now to an update on the Thomas Kenworthy murder trial, he is the man accused
of murdering ST Louis police officer Tamari
Bohannon in August of 2020.
Today, on the seventh day of testimony, the jury heard from Kenworthy S ex wife, our
Christine Byers reports from outside of the courthouse in downtown ST Louis
testimony today was for the defense,
they're trying to say Thomas Kenworthy should be
found not guilty by reason of mental defect.
And today,
Amy Kenworthy told jurors that he would never
apologize for anything he ever did to her
domestic violence incidents
because he didn't remember them.
Kenworthy is also accused of shooting a homeless man and wounding another
officer in August of 2020 in the Tower Grove south neighborhood.
He barricaded himself in a stranger's home for
12 hours after allegedly firing at officers.
Today, his wife told jurors he called her on speaker phone and facetime,
she said he appeared white as a ghost.
His eyes were darting around the room and she
could barely make sense of what he was saying.
Then she says he asked to talk to his then six year old daughter,
him and my daughter's um
thing together is the Lord's prayer and saying that that's their ritual,
that's what they do.
Um So he and my daughter started
saying the Lord's ritual like he was hanging his goodbyes.
The defense rested its case today and
the state began calling its rebuttal witnesses.
This trial is scheduled to last through Friday
in downtown ST Louis, Christine Byers five on your side
tonight. There's exciting news happening in North Saint Saint Louis City.
The Urban League in Saint Louis unveiled a brand
new facility to help solve our region's food crisis.
Our Justina Cornell joins us, live from the site, Justina.
This is the first and only urban league in the entire
country to have a greenhouse and hydroponic farm at its headquarters.
Now, right now, we're inside a container. It's called fresh harvest 365.
And they're growing fresh veggies inside.
We also have
some amazing
farming of the future. We are able to
grow.
Probably what would be the equivalent of
a couple of acres.
Vegetables found a home inside these containers, fresh harvest.
365 is now a part of the newest farming initiative at Urban League headquarters.
The project is called George Washington Carver Urban Farming
Education Extension to get more engagement from the community.
Overall, it can grow roughly 3 to 5 acres and it will be used to fill a gap.
We also utilize this to help work with food desert. Also on site is the greenhouse.
We're using a very high tech
gardening vertical garden.
Vested urban farms is a commercial farmer but will still work with the nonprofit.
If the Urban League chooses to do a farm market across the street,
then we'll participate and they'll encourage people
to purchase towers of their own.
One of the things that we'll be doing is nutrition training.
Just a few minutes away is another garden we need
as many people in this space doing this work.
Gabby Cole is with the organization Fit in Food connection.
You should be able to, you know,
walk up the street or drive up the street to a grocery store that has quality food.
The group is already trying to
food desert areas in North City and County
co said food deserts impact low income individuals
even more because they don't have reliable transportation often
and this causes them to rely on fast food options and convenience stores.
All of these groups hope to plant a seed to educate and empower.
Bringing a community garden in North City
to combat food insecurity and chronic disease
is just ideal.
Now, speaking of food deserts, there are several grocery stores nearby,
but if you don't have transportation, then you would have to walk.
Now, the closest grocery store to walk to is about 17 minutes.
The next one is 30 minutes walking, distance reporting live.
Christina Cornell five on your side.
Coming up. A warning from the Department of Health and Senior Services.
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a ST Louis favorite is back in business just
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You're on the first team tracking rain chances a small chance overnight tonight.
But we're watching later Thursday night in the
very early Friday for more substantial widespread rain.
We'll time it out.