Cops Guarding Dem Rep. Cori Bush Fired For Guarding Without Permission
Two cops who were guarding Rep. Cori Bush — who has said he wants to defund the police — have been fired.
According to St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts, they did not fill out the proper forms to do so.
Two St. Louis deputies were dismissed last month for working on progressive Rep. Cori Bush’s security detail without permission — days before the “Squad” member defended spending tens of thousands of campaign dollars on private protection while pushing to “defund the police.”
St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts told KMOV that he initially warned now-former deputies Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson to quit moonlighting as muscle for Bush (D-Mo.) and fill out the proper forms after they accompanied her on a tour of St.
