Prosecutor backs comments calling slain men 'bums'

Monday, October 8, 2001

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis County's prosecutor stands behind his comments describing as "bums" two men fatally shot by a police officer and federal drug agent last year outside a restaurant.

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