County prosecutor McCulloch must go! says Justice for Michael Brown Leaders

by Richard B. Muhammad
www.finalcall.com
@RMfinalcall

ST. LOUIS—Black leaders took their demands to the office of county prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch—including the demand that he not oversee the case related to the death of Ferguson, Mo., teenager Michael Brown.


The young Black man was shot at least 6 times by Ferguson Police Dept. officer Darren Wilson. A final kill shot sealed the doom of the young man known as “Big Mike.” It also ignited outrage, protests, some sporadic looting and brought attention to America’s deep seated racial divide and police targeting of young Black males.


State Senator Jamilah Nasheed was initially blocked by police officers when she tried to deliver petitions that represented a “no confidence vote” to Mr. McCulloch’s office. She and other members of the recently formed Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition want the county prosecutor off the volatile Brown case. She said 70,000 people, from Missouri and anyone had signed petitions call for removal of county prosecutor McCulloch. 


Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition demands include the arrest and vigorous prosecution of Officer Wilson and his immediate firing, said Zaki Baruti, who opened the press conference Aug. 21 and announced the group in front of the county justice building. Mr. Baruti of leader of the Universal African Peoples Organization.


They want Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to remove the county prosecutor, whose father was killed by a Black man and whose family has heavy ties to law enforcement—not to mention the close relationship between the prosecutor and police.