Missouri’s Republican lawmakers are pushing for the state to retake control of the police force in St. Louis, 10 years after giving it up. They cite rising homicide rates, but those also have gone up in Kansas City, where police remain state-controlled.
FILE - Police take up positions near the scene of a shooting Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in St. Louis. Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has even more murders than before — and Missouri lawmakers are again considering a state takeover of the police force. FILE - Police take up positions near the scene of a shooting Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in St. Louis.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has more murders than ever before — and Missouri’s Republican lawmakers are again pressuring for a state takeover of the police force. The debate over policing power in St. Louis — a racially diverse, heavily Democratic city long vexed by violent crime — carries political and racial overtones like those that have
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