Deputy Steve Chalmers claims Sheriff Vernon Betts demoted him and used racial slurs because Chalmers didn’t support him in the last two elections. A recorded phone call allegedly captures Betts disparaging the deputy for not supporting him politically.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., has now surpassed $500,000 in campaign expenditures for private security services despite repeatedly calling to defund police in the past several years.
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has spent nearly $500,000 in campaign funds on private security despite her repeated support for the defund-the-police movement.