More than just talk: How St. Louis companies can offer more than words to address racial justice

More than just talk: How St. Louis companies can offer more than words to address racial justice

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On June 2 at 8:46 a.m., St. Charles-based construction firm Millstone Weber stopped work at all of its job sites for two minutes and 53 seconds. Both the time and duration of the stoppage have meaning: Eight minutes and 46 seconds is the amount of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on the neck of George Floyd, the black man whose death in police custody sparked nationwide protests. Two minutes and 53 seconds is the amount of that time in which Floyd was unresponsive. The…

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