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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National
Taylor Tiamoyo Harris

Assistant police chief sues St. Louis, claims he was passed over for chief because he's white

ST. LOUIS _ The assistant police chief for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is suing the city and police department, claiming he was passed over for the position of chief of police because of his race.

In the lawsuit filed May 1, Lt. Col. Lawrence O'Toole, who is white, claims that city Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards told him, "If Jason Stockley didn't happen, you would be the police chief."

Former police officer Jason Stockley was found not guilty of murder in 2017 while O'Toole was acting police chief, setting off protests in the city and in St. Louis County. O'Toole claims in the suit that Edwards' statement is proof that he did not receive the job because of his race, a violation of the Missouri Human Rights Act.

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