New St. Louis Prosecutor Fires Attorney Who Didn't Get Indictment in Michael Brown Shooting
Source: Law & Crime
by Matt Naham | 2:46 pm, January 2nd, 2019
There’s a new prosecutor in town and he’s already shaking things up in St. Louis County.
Former Ferguson councilman Wesley Bell, who defeated Democrat Robert McCulloch in the Prosecuting Attorney election by a considerable margin last year after vowing to “fundamentally change the culture,” fired veteran assistant prosecutor Kathi Alizadeh on his second day in office, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. McCulloch, who was head prosecutor since 1991, drew national scrutiny for his handling of the Darren Wilson–Michael Brown case.
The ex-cop Wilson shot and killed Brown in 2014, sparking intense racial unrest. When McCulloch announced that a grand jury would not indict Wilson on murder or involuntary manslaughter charges, violence and protests erupted in the streets of Ferguson.
“As tragic as this is, it was a not a crime,” McCulloch said at the time. “It doesn’t lessen this tragedy. There is still a loss of life here. The family is going to have that loss forever.
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