We congratulate St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Acting Chief Lawrence O’Toole for agreeing to an independent investigation of St. Louis City police abuses during protests against the Stockley verdict. This contrasts with the silence from the St. Louis County Council and St. Louis County Police Department, as well as the Richmond Heights government and their police force.Lawlessness and violence by police erodes trust in our system.
So we continue to demand St. Louis County and Richmond Heights government appoint an independent commission to investigate the police riot at the St. Louis Galleria Mall on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
The elected officials, faith and civil rights leaders listed below issued a formal request Tuesday evening, September 26 to St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger and the St. Louis County Council during public testimony at their regular council meeting. There are too many questions and the public deserves answers.
U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay; State Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr.; State Rep. Allan Green; State Rep. Cora Faith Walker; State Rep. Alan Gray; State Rep. Jay Mosley; State Rep. Joe Adams; State Rep. Stacey Newman;
State Rep. Deb Lavender; St. Louis County Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray; Rev. Karen Anderson, Ward Chapel AME Church; Rabbi Shulamit Cenker; Dr. James Croft, Ethical Society of St. Louis; Rabbi Randy Fleisher, Central Reform Congregation; Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, Congregation Shaare Emeth;
Rev. Cassandra Gould, Missouri Faith Voices; Rabbi Justin Kerber; Rabbi Tracy Nathan; Rev. Rebecca Ragland, Deaconess Anne House; Rabbi Dale Schreiber; Rev. Steven Shepard, St. Peters AME Church;
Rev. Clinton Stancil, Wayman AME Church; Rabbi Susan Talve, Central Reform Congregation; and
Rod Chapel, President, Missouri State Conference of the NAACP.
