Termination Of Clerk Of Court Employee Leads To Protest

By David Reynaud

 

A group of St. James NAACP members, local pastors and residents gathered outside the St. James Parish Courthouse Tuesday to protest Clerk of Court Edmond Kinler’s decision to terminate longtime employee Rita Cooper’s position in the Clerk’s office. The protest is the latest in an ongoing saga surrounding Cooper’s termination, which became effective on May 31st. Many Cooper supporters packed the May 18th council meeting to plead for something to be done to save her job.