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By Charging Ex-Officer, Circuit Attorney Is "Pandering to Those Who Burnt, Looted and Rioted," Police Union Says

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Police union spokesman Jeff Roorda blasted Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce this afternoon, claiming that she's only prosecuting a cop for murder because it raises her profile and panders to activists.

He also announced the police union had made a vote of "no confidence" in the city's top prosecutor.

“She has failed this city when it comes to prosecuting the criminals that now own the streets and many neighborhoods in a city that has now led the nation in homicides two years running, but when a high-profile case comes along where the victim is a person of means or the accused is a public figure, Miss Joyce grabs her makeup compact and bellows, ‘Alright, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup!’” says Roorda, business manager for the St. Louis Police Officers’ Association.

Joyce announced charges last week against former officer Jason Stockley, who opened fire on 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011 following a high-speed chase in north city.…

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