St. Louis Alderman Joe Vaccaro will have to wait if he wants to honor police with a city resolution.
The 23rd Ward Alderman said there were "other sides" to the protests that are now entering a third week following the acquittal of ex-St. Louis cop Jason Stockley. To punctuate his point, Vaccaro held a framed picture of a St. Louis city police officer who was shot in the line of duty as he introduced the resolution.
"There are parents, grandparents, children who worry about their moms and dads," Vaccaro said of the families of police officers.
It was a controversial move, coming just a week after 21st Ward Alderman John Collins-Muhammad introduced a resolution remembering the death of Anthony Lamar Smith, the man killed by Stockley in 2011.…