Ferguson releases racist emails from court clerk

Associated Press

FERGUSON, Mo.

Racist emails released Friday by the city of Ferguson indicate most were sent by a former city court clerk to two police officers, and there’s no indication other city employees were involved.

The emails were discovered during an investigation into the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black and unarmed, by a white police officer.

A grand jury in November declined to indict the former officer, Darren Wilson, who also was cleared of civil-rights violations by the U.S. Department of Justice in March.

It appears that most of the emails released Friday and obtained by news outlets were sent from Court Clerk Mary Ann Twitty to police Capt. Rick Henke and Sgt. William Mudd.

Twitty was fired over the emails, and the two officers resigned.