Messenger: Black grandmother alleges police brutality against Des Peres police


Marvia Gray thought her son was going to die.
She was prone on the concrete floor of the Sam’s Club in Des Peres. Her only son, Derek, was next to her.
“They going to kill him,” she thought. “I gave up. This is the way Derek is going to go. They were beating him so bad.”
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