ST. LOUIS - Some black activists in St. Louis say there’s an unfair racial component to criticism of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner over her hiring of a man who led the investigation of former Missouri Gov. Tisaby faces six counts of perjury and one count of tampering with evidence stemming from his investigation of Greitens. “The bottom line is this whole episode is racism,” said Zaki Baruti, who heads the St. Louis-based Universal African Peoples Organization. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThe indictment alleged that Tisaby denied taking notes during his interview of the hairdresser, although a recording of the interview showed him doing so. Adolphus Pruitt, president of the St. Louis NAACP, questioned why the investigation of Gardner’s allegation is dragging.

Source: thestar June 18, 2019 19:41 UTC