See : '' Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith '' Three Saint Louis police officers were charged with felony assault against an undercover police officer during the 2017 Saint Louis protests , with an additional fourth police officer , Bailey Colletta , being charged with providing false testimony to a grand jury . The undercover officer Luther Hall , according to the indictment , had been extensively assaulted by the three officers resulting in an injured tailbone , two herniated discs , and a jaw injury that prevented Hall from eating resulting in a twenty pound weight loss . According to the prosecutors office these injuries were sustained by Hall after officers Myers , Hays , and Boone used excessive force in the form of kicking Hall and beating him with their police batons . In 2019 a controversy ensued regarding the existence of a list of 28 officers in the Metropolitan Department that were to be excluded from acting as witnesses in future prosecutions due to a history of misconduct . This list was created by circuit attorney Kimberly M. Gardner 's office
Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith
Shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith
Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis