An inquiry into the mass arrests of protesters last month at the St. Louis Galleria was missing a few key speakers — police commanders.St. Louis County Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray says County Police Chief Jon Belmar and Richmond Heights Police Chief Doug Schaeffler were asked to attend Tuesday's meeting of the Health and Justice Committee in hopes they would explain what happened at the mall that day. Neither man showed up.
Neither did St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch or anyone from his office, despite his name being listed on the agenda.
Herbert Bernsen, director of the county Justice Services Department, also didn't come, though he sent a letter defending workers at the jail where arrested protesters were processed and held overnight. The jail went into lockdown, which drew criticism from some people trying to get medicine to loved ones.…