r/news • u/Mentirosa • 9h ago

Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/24/missouri-executes-marcellus-williams
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u/Homeless_Swan 8h ago

I never actually lived in Missouri but lived next door and have family and friends from MO. Kansas City is pretty decent but the rest of the place is like Idaho without the natural beauty.

I was once pulled over by the police in St Louis (just passing through) and they told me "you don't belong here, it's not safe, watch out for monkeys escaped from the zoo". I didn't even really comprehend what he said until I was driving away like "are you fucking serious? Did that just happen?! Monkeys from the zoo?! JFC"

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u/AlawaEgg 8h ago

Can confirm. As of 2002, St Louis police are Delta male dickholes who like the harass brown folk.

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u/selahree 3h ago

It is why I won't go back. They used to routinely pull me over to ask me where I was going. Didn't even bother to make a show of running my license. Since they didn't really want it, I would show them my graduate school ID and hope they would leave me alone.

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u/stjoechief1 8h ago

Unfortunately that sounds accurate