St. Louis Mayor Vows To Defund the Police While City’s Murder Rate Soared
"Tishaura Jones" (CC BY 2.0) by New America
The mayor of the worst-in-country murder rate wants to defund the department and shut down a city jail.
St. Louis, Mo. is at a 50-year high murder rate, the worst in the country. It also has nearly 100 unfilled jobs in the police department. Yet, here’s the catch, the mayor wants to defund the police and shut down a city jail. Plus, the Corrections Commissioner of the city, Dale Glass, is resigning from his position.
Tishaura Jones, who was elected last month as St. Louis’s first Black female mayor, had campaigned on a commitment to pass progressive criminal justice reforms.
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