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Missouri National Guard troops stand with shields and riot gear outside the Ferguson police station on Nov. 25. A guardsman stands over the rubble of Nails at West Florissant Avenue and Chambers Road in Ferguson on Nov 26. National Guard members move out of the Buzz Westfall Justice Center on Nov. 24 as they leave for their assigned area before the grand decision was announced.

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LOUIS WEBSITE AND NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY 02.18.2015 $1.50 J.B. FORBES CHRISTIAN GOODEN ROBERT COHEN LIFE OVER PROPERTY force is never authorized to defend or protect property or FROM MISSOURI NATIONAL OFFICIAL ORDERS, AMONG DOCUMENTS RELEASED TUESDAY 11.24 11.25 11.26 BY DAVID HUNN AND VIRGINIA YOUNG St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY For months, critics have questioned why the Missouri National Guard did not respond more quickly as buildings burned along main business corridors. But even had guardsmen arrived sooner that night in November, interviews and newly released documents show they would not have had the authority to stop the violence. The Guard was never meant to engage with protesters, Adjutant Gen.

Stephen Danner said on Tuesday. Troops were to stand guard over sites critical to the region, sometimes as invisibly as possible, documents show. Guardsmen were not authorized to shoot to protect property in Ferguson, make arrests, or even stop people from committing most crimes. was never the plan, to have the Guard in Danner said. dealing with a civil disturbance and a tightknit group of folks coming at you, you cannot string your soldiers down the street like so many parking meters.

That is a danger BY ELISA CROUCH St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS While researching her elementary school last fall, Joanna Abrams learned something she ignore: Kennard Classical Junior Academy a high-performing magnet school for gifted children is named after a Confederate Army lieutenant. This lieutenant, Samuel Kennard, worked as an aide to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the general who led a massacre of federal soldiers many of them black and who became an organizing member of the Ku Klux Klan. After the war, Kennard became one of BY CHUCK RAASCH St.

Louis Post-Dispatch WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he will announce results of the Justice civil rights investigation of the shooting death of Michael Brown, as well as a broader probe of the Ferguson Police Department, before he leaves ce in the coming weeks. Speaking at the National Press Club, Holder said he was briefed last week on the separate investigations. Holder said he is that decisions on both will be ready before Loretta Lynch, who has been nominated to replace him by President Barack Obama, is rmed by the Senate. Michael Brown, 18, was shot to death by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9.

A St. Louis County grand jury decided to not indict Wilson. The Justice Department launched separate investigations of the shooting and the and of the police department. The nomination of Lynch, a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has been largely non- controversial, although Sen.

Roy Blunt, announced last BY ERICA WERNER AND JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON The administration of President Barack Obama put its new deportation-relief program on hold Tuesday on the eve of its launching, complying with a federal order that roiled immigrant communities nationwide and seemed to harden an already-tense stalemate on Capitol Hill. The administration promised an appeal. But for tens of thousands of immigrants in line to begin applying Wednesday for work permits and deportation stays under directives, those plans were canceled, at least temporarily. A terse statement from Homeland Security Secretary BY TIM BRYANT St. Louis Post-Dispatch After years of delays, the $43 million Loop Trolley is back on track.

With design changes made and funding questions resolved, construction of the trolley is set to begin in March. Project cials said Tuesday work will start at the western end of the 2-mile streetcar line that will run between the Delmar Loop and Forest Park. Loop businessman Joe Edwards began promoting the project more than a decade ago. cials said the project is scheduled for completion in mid-2016 and, after test runs, it will begin service late next year. First on the construction list involves work aimed at improving car tra rebuilding the existing roundabout near the Lion Gates at Trinity Avenue and Delmar Boulevard.

Chris Poehler, administrator of the Loop Trolley Transportation Development District, said the roundabout is designed to increase car safety, improve traffic flow and provide an attractive Loop entrance. Track work is expected to Samuel Kennard Kennard Classical Junior Academy a high-performing magnet school is named after a Confederate Army cer. IMMIGRATION RULING A history lesson for Kennard parents See KENNARD Page A4 Judge blocks executive action Administration puts measures on hold after decision See RULING Page A4 McCaskill is pressured by House GOP on Homeland Security A4 Loop Trolley construction is set to begin in March See TROLLEY Page A8 Holder will deliver ndings on Ferguson See HOLDER Page A5 Guard was not called for several hours See GUARD Page A5 Bommarit Infiniti com com.