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A white Ferguson court clerk who was fired over racist emails uncovered by the US Justice Department after a police officer killed 18-year-old Michael Brown has a new job with another St Louis-area court.A white Ferguson court clerk who was fired over racist emails uncovered by the US Justice Department after a police officer killed 18-year-old Michael Brown has a new job with another St Louis-area court.
Related: 'We do this for Mike Brown': a year on, Ferguson is a wound that won't healRelated: 'We do this for Mike Brown': a year on, Ferguson is a wound that won't heal
Vinita Park mayor James McGee told The Associated Press on Friday that Mary Ann Twitty was hired last month as a temporary, part-time court clerk in a nearby 1,900-resident city.Vinita Park mayor James McGee told The Associated Press on Friday that Mary Ann Twitty was hired last month as a temporary, part-time court clerk in a nearby 1,900-resident city.
The Justice Department cited the questioned emails involving Twitty and two Ferguson police officers in a scathing March report criticizing Ferguson’s police and court operations.The Justice Department cited the questioned emails involving Twitty and two Ferguson police officers in a scathing March report criticizing Ferguson’s police and court operations.
That scrutiny came after Brown, who was black and unarmed, was shot by a white Ferguson officer last year.That scrutiny came after Brown, who was black and unarmed, was shot by a white Ferguson officer last year.
McGee, who is black, says he was aware of reasons behind Twitty’s firing in Ferguson but believes she deserved a second chance.McGee, who is black, says he was aware of reasons behind Twitty’s firing in Ferguson but believes she deserved a second chance.