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80 percent of police force resigns after Missouri town elects first African-American mayor
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Apr 20, 2015 07:16am |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Apr 19, 2015 04:50pm |
| Description | Following the election of the town’s first African-American mayor, five of the six officers on a small Missouri town police force resigned en masse, reports KFVS.
Former city clerk Tyrus Byrd was sworn in as mayor of Parma, Missouri on Tuesday only to find out that police officers, as well as the city attorney and a water treatment supervisor, had resigned before she took office.
According to outgoing Mayor Randall Ramsey, who is stepping down after 37 years in town hall over two terms, the city employees gave no prior notice. |
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