Prosecutor Sues Her Own City Under a Law Passed to Fight the K.K.K.

By artappraiser on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:59pm |

Kimberly Gardner, the top prosecutor in St. Louis, who is under investigation herself, is accusing city officials of a “racially motivated conspiracy” to stop her from doing her job.

By Richard A. Oppel, Jr. @ NYTimes.com, Jan. 15

[....] The tension between Ms. Gardner and other officials in St. Louis is one of many flashpoints around the country between the traditional law enforcement establishment and a new wave of prosecutors who were elected after promising to rein in police misconduct, send fewer nonviolent offenders to prison and repair relationships with minority communities [....]

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/us/st-louis-circuit-attorney-kim-gardner.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage