St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is suing her own city and the city’s police union for what she calls a racist and coordinated conspiracy to get her out of office.
Gardner’s complaint, filed in the Eastern District of Missouri on Monday, also cites the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, accusing city officials of violating the law meant to combat white supremacist organizations. Her suit marks the first time a local elected prosecutor has taken the police union to court over race-based civil rights violations.
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“This isn’t about Kim Gardner,” she told ABC News‘ “Nightline” in a recent interview. “This is about certain individuals within these organizations that have gone beyond unprecedented amounts of coordination to stop the will of the people. I had no choice but to act for the will of the people because they want me to fight for what’s right.”
“It’s about the people, and that’s why we have to fight,” Gardner added. “Enough is enough.”
As the city’s first Black woman top prosecutor, Gardner has made criminal justice reform a top priority. She put a diversion program in place for non-violent offenders struggling with drug addiction, and her office no longer prosecutes low-level marijuana crimes, according to the outlet.
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