The case is that of Heather Ellis, who is charged with two counts of felony assault on a law enforcement officer, a count of misdemeanor peace disturbance and a count of misdemeanor resisting arrest. The charges stem from an incident at Walmart in Kennett, where the state alleges Ellis became violent after she was accused of line jumping and asked to leave the store.

Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle was recently appointed as prosecutor after the Dunklin County prosecutor voluntarily took himself off the case.

This case has garnered plenty of attention, including from groups like the NAACP and ALCU.

And on a website called theheatherelliscase.com, the unnamed blog author implies Swingle is a racist because the cover of his first book, "The Gold of Cape Girardeau", has an image of the Confederate flag on it. There's also an image of the American flag, and part of the book takes place during the Civil War, meaning there's a clear reason that has nothing to do with racism for the Confederate standard to be on the cover.

Underneath the photo of the book cover, the unnamed author asks: "Should we be concerned about this?"

I made calls to the Cape Girardeau County Prosecutor's Office to see if Swingle has a comment, and to Dr. Susan Swartwout, director of the Southeast Missouri State University Press, which published "The Gold of Cape Girardeau."

Swingle and Swartwout couldn't be reached immediately.