Ferguson underdog, outspent by more than 12 to 1, topples longtime St. Louis County prosecutor
by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times
Aug 09, 2018
3 minutes
On Tuesday night, Robert McCulloch's 28-year tenure as St. Louis County prosecutor came to a sudden, unexpected end.
In a Democratic primary election, McCulloch got trounced 57 percent to 43 percent by Wesley Bell, a city councilman from the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo.
You might remember McCulloch. For a brief moment, on Nov. 24, 2014, he was the most-watched law enforcement official in America.
That night, eastern Missouri was bracing for violence as McCulloch announced that a grand jury had declined to indict police Officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting unarmed
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