ST. LOUIS — A couple dozen protesters were escorted out of an event at St. Louis University on Friday after disrupting a speech by St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch. It’s been nearly three months since grand jury proceedings led by McCulloch failed to produce an indictment against Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown, and activists continue to hold McCulloch responsible for the grand jury’s decision.
McCulloch, an SLU alum, was invited to be the opening speaker at a discussion at the university called “Thin Blue Line: Policing Post-Ferguson.”
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St. Louis Police Chief Jon Belmar spoke following McCulloch’s presentation, reflecting on the events that happened after the grand jury decision. As he watched buildings burn, he said, he made the decision to choose “lives over property.” Belmar also defended the use of armored trucks, saying their presence was so “no shots would be fired.”
