377:. He expressed criticism of police militarization and the way the crisis was handled within the community. During the protests, Collins-Muhammad was among the protesters who were tear-gassed by law enforcement and policing agencies. He assisted in the organizing of rallies, events, and protest demonstrations calling for the resignation of Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson and the immediate arrest of police officer Darren Wilson. Collins-Muhammad along with other high profile protestors were subjected to surveillance by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was fired in 2014 from the Village of
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which allocated more than $ 300 Million in federal funding to the City for COVID
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In 2017, Collins-Muhammad proposed a major redevelopment plan on
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Stockley was acquitted for murder in the 2011 shooting death of African-American, Anthony Lamar Smith. Collins-Muhammad was one of the organizers of many protest demonstrations which led to mass arrest and police militia response. Collins-Muhammad
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Collins-Muhammad introduced a Board Bill creating “ban the box”, prohibiting employers in the City of St. Louis, Missouri, from basing job hiring or promotion decisions on applicants’ criminal histories. The
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Collins-Muhammad sponsored legislation creating the one dollar housing program; a year-long pilot program aimed at selling residential properties owned by the city's real estate department known as Land Re-utilization
Authority for $ 1.00. The legislation established a lease program in which
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Florissant Police Department for failure to pay parking and traffic tickets and driving with a suspended license in Fall 2018. Collins-Muhammad had warrants for traffic violations in three St. Louis area municipalities.
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relief measures in the form of investing in housing development, grants monies for the city's
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American, Bro Jayson X. Thornton for The St Louis (2010-09-16).
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684:"On the Trail: A look at St. Louis' newest officeholders"
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