Schmitt attacks Jones after mayor's Facebook exchange with alleged domestic assault victim

ST. LOUIS — Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Saturday waded into the controversy over the release of a domestic assault suspect by St. Louis police last month, accusing Mayor Tishaura O. Jones of insulting the alleged victim in an exchange on social media.Schmitt retweeted a KSDK (Channel 5) online article on the sharply worded Facebook exchange, saying Jones is “a national embarrassment. Insulting victims. Defunding the police. Unbelievable.” “Learn how government works then you can talk. #Gurlbye” The St. Louis Mayor is a national embarrassment. Insulting victims. Defunding the police. Unbelievable. https://t.co/ugXTBSlnif — Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) February 5, 2022 Nick Dunne, Jones’ spokesman, didn’t comment Saturday on Schmitt’s political attack.But he said the mayor in the Facebook exchange “made it clear that she had no involvement in the decision” to release Mac Payne, who was charged later the same day by prosecutors with two felony counts of domestic assault.Moreover, Dunne noted that the mayor had expressed concern to the woman for what had happened to her. Jones’ interim public safety director, Dan Isom, has acknowledged that the release of Payne, 36, on Jan. 4 before he was charged was a poor decision and that a police internal investigation is underway…
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