Mark Maxwell

New: internal City Justice Center protocols require a qualified health professional to sign off on the use of restraint chairs before placing an inmate in the straps. The protocol also requires jail staff to use a handheld video camera to record the guard strapping the inmate in.

Credit where credit is due: the Mayor's office handed over 4 of these 11 Sunshine Requests in the last 24 hours. (The other four were brand new). In her 'First 100 Days' presser, Spencer acknowledged fair criticism, vowed speedier open records in near term.

Clarifying this: while the outcome remains the same, technically what happened here was the judge granted a defense motion for acquittal. The jury never got to hear the evidence from defense.

The city counselor’s office failed to enter into evidence the ordinance that Mensah was accused of violating. Defense said that oversight was “extremely uncommon,” judge directed the jury’s verdict to not guilty. Case closed. Mensah can go free.

Mensah is expected to take the stand and testify after a one-hour lunch break. Attorneys for the city and the defense expect the jury could reach a verdict at some point on Thursday afternoon. ksdk.com/article/news/l…

One year and six days ago, Hulk Hogan rallied the RNC in Milwaukee. The pro-wrestling star is dead at 71.

Breaking news on @KSDKNews: a top city jail official is on leave as the city investigates allegations of excessive force. Multiple sources tell us inmates have been targeted with pepper ball pellets while inside their cells. ksdk.com/article/news/c…

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files on.wsj.com/4mcTIKV

“I’m working on something,” ex-Rep @CoriBush says. “Remember when I said, 'We bangin' till the end?' That wasn't just a slogan… “Knocked down doesn't mean out. Like great fights, great championship games, like a great season of a TV show… sometimes you have to run it back.”

Holleman: St. Louis trickles out a bit of transparency, but not without a fight stltoday.com/news/local/col…

Samuel Hayes died in custody while strapped to a restraint chair, just weeks before his murder trial. Jail policy says guards must document restraint procedures on video and provide regular medical checks. Mayor Spencer says the family will see the video. ksdk.com/article/news/l…

President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week’s Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of the newspaper’s reporters from Air Force One for an upcoming Scotland trip. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Statement by @weijia on behalf of the @whca on Trump excluding the @WSJ from the White House press pool as punishment for its coverage:

Moments after the parents of Samuel Hayes called on the city to release the jail video of their son strapped in a restraint chair before his death on Saturday night, Mayor Cara Spencer tells me the jail will release that video to the family.

Today is officially Kay Quinn Day in St Louis City and County. After 36 years at @KSDKNews, an iconic local news legend is signing off our air one last time. There won’t be anyone who can adequately replace her. We can just aim to live up to the high standard she set every day.

St. Louis' new state-run police board approved a $6M body cam deal with no formal review of the cameras and no conflict-of-interest policy in place. ksdk.com/article/news/p…

A Missouri cafe owner got a legal threat over his website. He’s one of dozens of local businesses facing the same threat. A blind advocate says online accessibility matters, but when she tested their sites, she could still place orders without a plugin. ksdk.com/article/news/l…

Announcement: ⁦@ILComptroller⁩ will NOT run for re-election Might she officially run for #ChicagoMayor27