A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison, but the jury never heard about the officer’s past • Oklahoma Voice

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A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison, but the jury never heard about the officer’s past • Oklahoma Voice

Kurtis Watkins at Jefferson City Correctional Center on Feb. 6. (Photo by Clara Bates/Missouri Independent)Crouched behind a dumpster in a St. Louis alley, Officer Steven Pinkerton heard gunshots. It was after midnight on Aug. 10, 2013, in the Dutchtown neighborhood and an argument that had been building for hours among a group of young men had escalated into a shootout. Pinkerton said he saw two men rush by the mouth of the alley, shooting as t…