This is a portion of the mayor's Facebook live on Friday. We have edited out the audio where she reads names and addresses.

St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is facing backlash on social media Friday night for reading the names and street addresses of protesters who are calling on the city to defund the police department.

Members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen have spoken out and the ACLU of Missouri also has responded.

It all started during the question-and-answer portion of the mayor’s Facebook Live briefing Friday afternoon, which she has held regularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. A person watching on Facebook wrote in to ask the mayor about the meeting she held with demonstrators outside of City Hall earlier in the day.

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