Activists rally behind Missouri lawmaker cut off in debate
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials on Wednesday decried the Republican-led House for shutting down a
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials on Wednesday decried the Republican-led House for shutting down a
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/black-lawmakers-cite-racism-as-missouri-house-oks-crime-bill/"></div>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Racial tensions in Mississippi echoed in Missouri Thursday, as Black Democratic lawmakers accused the state’s Republican House leadership of racism for shutting down a Black lawmaker’s speech and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as prosecutor in St. Louis. The discord in the Missouri […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_t...
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
Many Black lawmakers denounced the majority-white, Republican-led Legislature for voting to take power away from local leaders.
The Missouri House passed legislation Thursday allowing the governor to appoint a special prosecutor in cities like St. Louis. But Republican leadership cut off debate on the bill before several Black Democrats from the St. Louis area were able to speak.