CLAYTON, Mo.--State Senator Jamilah Nasheed confronted by officer Aug. 21 as she attempts to deliver petitions to the county prosecutor overseeing Mike Brown case. The petitions call for the prosecutor’s removal and appointment of a special prosecutor. Brown, an unarmed Black 18-year-old, was shot to death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, who is White. The Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition, which is composed of community leaders, politicians, pastors, Muslims and activists, don’t believe St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch can be fair. McCulloch has strong ties to law enforcement, his father was a police officer killed by a Black man and the prosecutor has not properly handled other cases of police abuse and police shootings, say coalition members. An officer initially denied the Black elected official entrance into the building during regular business hours. But at the last minute relented and allowed her into the Justice Center, who includes courts and the offices of McCulloch.
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