Ferguson shooting emerges in county exec TV ads

CLAYTON, Mo. -- The two candidates for St. Louis County executive are confronting the fatal Ferguson police shooting in new campaign ads. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported County Councilman Steve Stenger released a TV ad Thursday that urges county residents to "build trust in each other." Ferguson protesters have criticized the Democrat for his ties to county prosecutor Robert McCulloch as a grand jury considers possible criminal charges in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. McCulloch was a prominent Stenger supporter in the councilman's Democratic primary win over current County Executive Charlie Dooley, who is black. Republican state Rep. Rick Stream, Stenger's challenger, released a TV ad on Tuesday that describes "wrong choices by politicians (which) have our county portrayed nationally as unsafe, divided and as a bad place to live."

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com