Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
Associated PressST. LOUIS — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. Ferguson police responded it only hired officers after they “undergo extensive investigation.” Another St. Louis police officer who found refuge in St. Ann was Christopher Tanner who shot a former Black St. Louis officer Milton Green at Green’s home in 2017. St. Ann’s elected Police Chief Aaron Jimenez also hired officer Ellis Brown after he was forced out of the St. Louis Police Department and his state certification suspended. Then in 2017 St. Ann hired Mark Jakob, one of two St. Louis County police officers fired for lying about a high-speed chase that ended in two deaths. He wrote a law journal article concluding, “Decertification offers perhaps the best chance for states to take responsibility for removing unfit police officers from the profession.” Goldman started his legislative campaign in his home state.
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