Ferguson emerges as factor in <b>Missouri</b> governor's race
BRANSON MO NEWS: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster, left, speaks to Republican challenger Eric Greitens during the first general election debate in the race for Missouri governor Sept. 30 in Branson, Missouri.During the debate, Greitens accused Koster of wanting to have Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, fired or forced to resign before all the facts were in.Jeff Roberson ~ Associated Press fileST. LOUIS — Two years later, the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson remains so politically sensitive, it has been injected into Missouri’s gubernatorial campaign.
At issue is whether Democratic Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, who is running for governor, pushed for the ouster of Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Brown, before the facts were in. Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens has accused Koster of trying to get Wilson fired soon after the August 2014 shooting.
Two central figures in Ferguson — Mayor James Knowles III and former police chief Tom Jackson — told The Associated Press in separate phone interviews Koster called for Wilson’s firing or forced resignation in a series of closed-door meetings involving federal, state and St. Louis regional leaders in the weeks after the shooting.
Koster denies it. …
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