The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday A-1 heralded a new era.
Well, we are just shocked. It’s not often that the front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch makes us do a double take, but when we saw yesterday's issue we were left clutching our pearls.
Right there on the front of the Sunday edition, the venerable daily newspaper seemed to refer to members of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department as pigs. Yes, really!
(To the uninitiated, apparently “pig” is a derogatory term for a police officer. Who knew?)
To get to the meat of the issue, the paper's A-1 above-the-fold story looked at all the recent stories about St. Louis cops who have been pursued and charged with horrible crimes lately in our otherwise delightful city.
There sure have been a bunch in just the past couple of weeks. Let’s recap:
Seems fair enough to make that the banner headline, right? But where the paper really upped the ante was its second story. Just below its headline about a "spate of charges" against officers, the paper delved into people pursuing “invasive” and “feral” hogs that “cause damage," noting that the “on-the-ground fight to control them is an unforgiving scramble.”
Unforgiving scramble? Is that really fair to the Circuit Attorney's Office, the one place attempting to hold these officers accountable?
Riverfront Times works for you, and your support is essential.
Our small but mighty local team works tirelessly to bring you high-quality, uncensored news and cultural coverage of St. Louis and beyond.
Unlike many newspapers, ours is free – and we'd like to keep it that way, because we believe, now more than ever, everyone deserves access to accurate, independent coverage of their community.
Whether it's a one-time acknowledgement of this article or an ongoing pledge, your support helps keep St. Louis' true free press free.