The inmates have also started small fires in the jail and tossed items out of the broken window, KSDK reported. Items including chairs were seen on the street several stories below the window, and at least one car’s windshield was broken by falling debris.
“First and foremost, I am mostly concerned about the safety and security of the staff and inmates in the building. Hopefully they can utilize the additional space at MSI [medium security institution] to help diffuse the situation,” said St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, according to KSDK.
One male corrections officer was injured and taken to the hospital, KSDK reported. Police said the inmates were secured in the building.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers came out in support of new domestic terror laws this week, despite earlier opposition from over 150 civil rights groups that were concerned about the implications for minority communities.
Experts said domestic terrorist groups could pose a continuing threat after the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, leading to a bipartisan majority of the House Homeland Security Committee to agree on considering new laws to address potentially harmful groups, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
But 156 civil rights groups, including the NAACP, the Human Rights Campaign and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, had sent a letter to Congress on Jan. 19 describing concern about expanding legal authority related to terrorism.
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President Joe Biden on Thursday said that he had been “shot at” while overseas, resurfacing a claim he first made during the 2008 presidential race.
He did not expand on his remarks, made while speaking to diplomatic aides at the State Department. He also announced during his speech that the United States would end its support for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and freeze the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany, both major reversals from the Trump administration.
“You have great personal courage. I’ve been with some of you when we’ve been shot at,” Biden told the State Department aides.