As excerpted in a post on RawStory, people are calling on the Mayor of St. Louis to resign.
“St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson took some time out from a public briefing on COVID-19 Friday to read aloud the full names and addresses of several of her own constituents who are calling for police reform,” the Riverfront Times reported Friday. “The briefing was aired publicly on Facebook Live, and a recording was online for about three hours before it was deleted.”
The Riverfront Times went on to say:
“RFT counted at least ten instances wherein Krewson read aloud an activist's full name and the name of the street on which they reside. At one point in time she lists a person's full name and full street address, remarking, ‘He lives around the corner from me.’ ”
In all she listed the demands of more than twenty people, including identifying information about most of them. The RFT story also included some choice tweets. The ACLU of Missouri responded on Twitter:
One of my favorite pulls from the Riverfront Times story is this:
The video was live on Facebook for about three hours before it was finally pulled. Local drag queen Maxi Glamour has since started a petition calling for Krewson's resignation. It has gotten almost 500 signatures as of press time.
Mayor Krewson should resign. This is shameful behavior by any elected official.
UPDATE: Sign the petition at Change.org. It’s currently over 37,000 signatures. Make our voices heard—this is NOT acceptable behavior from any elected official.