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Angela McMunn pled guilty to several charges including receiving stolen property and unlawful merchandising practices
Credit: Jefferson County Sheriff s Office Author: Ashley Cole Updated: 5:41 PM CST February 11, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. The former president of a nonprofit entered a guilty plea in connection with stealing from the nonprofit on Thursday.
According to a release from Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt, Angela McMunn pled guilty to several charges including receiving stolen property and unlawful merchandising practices.
While serving as the president of Shop with a Cop, which was founded to assist underprivileged children, McMunn used more than $18,000 from the nonprofit s bank account for personal purchases. She also fraudulently solicited funds for officer Michael Flamion, who was shot and then paralyzed in the line of duty. She advertised all proceeds would go to Flamion, but instead used $6,498 for personal purchases.
Four years later, he was elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democrat representing his hometown district.
Williams, now 37, recalls times of being pulled over for “just driving while black.”
“I was handcuffed on the sidewalk, and my constitutional rights were violated,” he said. “That was business as usual growing up in Ferguson, in North County.”
His experiences, Williams said, aren’t unique.
“That’s what motivates me today to not only fight for police accountability,” he said, “but also make sure we build trust and ultimately provide an opportunity to have good officers and eliminate the bad ones.”
While Missouri activists have led the national call for “re-envisioning public safety” since 2014, the state has not led in passing legislation or policies that would address police misconduct.
Missouri takes steps toward tightening accountability for law enforcement
By Rebecca Rivas
Four years later, he was elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democrat representing his hometown district.
Williams, now 37, recalls times of being pulled over for “just driving while black.”
“I was handcuffed on the sidewalk, and my constitutional rights were violated,” he said. “That was business as usual growing up in Ferguson, in North County.”
His experiences, Williams said, aren’t unique.
“That’s what motivates me today to not only fight for police accountability,” he said, “but also make sure we build trust and ultimately provide an opportunity to have good officers and eliminate the bad ones.”
Office of the Missouri Governor
Originally published on December 16, 2020 5:37 pm
Missouri will soon have the country’s first police academy based at a historically Black university.
On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson and his public safety director, Sandy Karsten, signed a one-year license for the law enforcement basic training center at Lincoln University in Jefferson City.
“What I m hoping is to create a (diverse) pool of law enforcement officers out of our program, to help diversify some of the agencies that we have in the surrounding area and outside the surrounding area,” said Lincoln University Police Chief Gary Hill.
Hill will direct the academy when it begins operations early next year. He first proposed the idea for the academy three years ago.