Published June 06, 2018
A white former St. Louis police officer whose acquittal in the death of a black suspect set off weeks of protests has filed suit against the prosecutor who charged him and a police investigator.
Jason Stockley's lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges defamation and malicious prosecution. The lawsuit names former Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce and police Lt. Kirk Deeken.
A police spokeswoman declined comment. A message seeking comment from a spokeswoman for Joyce was not immediately returned.
Stockley was charged in 2016 with first-degree murder in the shooting death of drug suspect Anthony Lamar Smith. Joyce's office filed the charge. She did not seek re-election in 2016 and the case was prosecuted under new Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.
A judge in September found Stockley not guilty. Sometimes violent protests led to hundreds of arrests.
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