Brian Munoz
@brianmmunoz
fiat lux | visuals editor at @stlpublicradio, @npr network | 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | @stlprguild | formerly: @usatoday, @azcentral etc | forever @siuc | [email protected]
ICE detainees arrive at jail scared and alone. So these Missouri activists are stepping up | By @JonathanAhl and @brianmmunoz @stlpublicradio stlpr.org/government-pol…
A dead body left for hours and juveniles mixed with adult detainees: Leaked records reveal how St. Louis’ troubled jail saw an alleged crisis just before its top leader was forced out. My latest alongside @WimbleyJourno for @stlpublicradio. stlpr.org/law-order/2025…
A 31-year-old detainee has died while in St. Louis’ jail. Police said they were found unresponsive after being strapped to a restraining chair. This marks the 20th death at the City Justice Center since 2020. The latest by @stlpublicradio’s @iamcdavis. stlpr.org/news-briefs/20…
SoCal update: US District Court Judge Hernán D. Vera issues temporary restraining order: LAPD cannot interfere with reporters, assault them or use so-called less-lethal munitions against them unless they pose threat order below:
Thousands gather as fireworks light up the sky above the @GatewayArchSTL on Friday, July 4, 2025, in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. More photos from #4thOfJuly2025 by @stlpublicradio's @lyleegibbs and yours truly: bit.ly/independence25
A little test run ahead of the big one. Fireworks explode over the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch as seen from Kiener Plaza on July 3, 2025, in downtown St. Louis. (Brian Munoz / @stlpublicradio)
NEWS: Missouri AG @AndrewBaileyMO demands @stlsheriff Alfred Montgomery resign by noon tomorrow or be removed through the courts, citing a “troubling pattern of instability and misconduct.” More soon at @stlpublicradio.
SCOOP: Nippon, the new Japanese owner of Granite City Works, acknowledged this morning it will not reduce production capacity at the Metro East steel mill in the next two years. Quick story for @stlpublicradio: stlpr.org/economy-busine…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. — The company that planned to buy both blast furnaces at Granite City Works — and permanently shut down steelmaking in the Metro East community — plans to forge ahead. @stlpublicradio stlpr.org/economy-busine…
Nezza performed the Spanish version of the U.S. national anthem on last night at Dodger Stadium – and posted a video of afterwards of the Dodgers asking her not to. She did it "para mi gente," in the wake of ICE raids in LA. The Dodgers did not comment. nytimes.com/athletic/64275…
Thousands peacefully marched through downtown St. Louis as part of a “No Kings” protest on Saturday afternoon — a public rebuke of President Donald Trump's agenda. My latest for @stlpublicradio with @Hiba_Ahmad96, @EmilyWoodbury and @JessicaRogen: bit.ly/45V0Qqg
The peaceful protest in downtown #STL has concluded. Thousands of people exercised their First Amendment rights today. There were no issues reported and no arrests were made. #SLMPD
Even with on and off rain, thousands of people — with more arriving by the minute — have gathered in downtown St. Louis to participate in the city’s “No Kings” protest. @brianmmunoz, @Hiba_Ahmad96 and @EmilyWoodbury report: stlpr.org/government-pol…
Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a politically motivated assassination.”
Outside a federal courthouse in Nashville this morning, where Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, will be arraigned Abrego Garcia has spent the last three months in an El Salvadoran prison. Today will determine if he’s detained until trial