Crime & Safety
NAACP Seeks Federal Investigation of County Police Lieutenant
It's in relation to allegations against a lieutenant of racial profiling near a South County shopping center and Walmart, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
Allegations of racial profiling near a South County shopping center and Walmart have landed one lieutenant with the St. Louis County Police Department on paid administrative leave, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch first reported earlier this month.
Now, the Missouri NAACP is seeking a federal investigation into the matter, the Post-Dispatch reported Friday.
The lieutenant denies the allegations.
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More information about the investigation and its roots is available in an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website.
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