Fired over racist emails, former Ferguson clerk gets part-time job at nearby court
A municipal court clerk in Ferguson fired over racist emails that came to light during a federal investigation of the racial conflict that ignited in the St. Louis suburb last year wasn’t jobless for long.
Mary Ann Twitty has a three-day-a-week position as municipal court clerk in Vinita Park, a community of nearly 1,900 people not far from Ferguson, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
The article doesn’t include any comment from Twitty and says the city hasn’t yet responded to a request for comment.
Related coverage:
ABAJournal.com: “Ferguson judge resigns after DOJ report; Missouri appeals judge will take over municipal docket”
New York Times (reg. req.): “2 Ferguson officers quit, court clerk fired over racist emails”
KMOV: “Former Ferguson City Court Clerk who sent racist emails speaks out”
See also:
ABAJournal.com: “Ferguson and other St. Louis-area towns are sued over municipal court fees”
ABAJournal.com: “Reformers seek to change Ferguson-area traffic courts, school electoral system”
ABAJournal.com: “Justice Department finds ‘unconstitutional policing’ in Ferguson; racial bias, revenue focus cited”
