SAINT LOUIS – A St. Louis non-profit that raises funds for police officers’ legal funds welcomed a very special guest to its annual trivia night on Saturday — former Ferguson cop Darren Wilson.

Hunt for Justice director Christopher Hunt, who is also an officer with the St. Charles County Police Department, tells Daily RFT that Wilson made some brief remarks to open the organizations’ yearly gala. According to Hunt, there is no recording of Wilson’s remarks, but Hunt says Wilson did not mention anything about Ferguson.

Although Hunt For Justice has contributed an undisclosed sum to Wilson’s legal defense in the past, Hunt says the funds collected Saturday will not go Wilson, and that he was not compensated in any way for speaking. Hunt declined to provide a dollar amount for how much money was raised during the trivia night.

Both Hunt and Wilson know what it’s like to face public scrutiny for their actions in uniform.

Hunt For Justice was founded in 2012, a year when Hunt found himself facing five years in prison on convictions for felony burglary, misdemeanor assault and property damage. The charges stemmed from a 2009 raid on a suspected meth cook’s house. Hunt was accused of illegally entering the suspect’s home and beating him. Hunt For Justice was initially founded to support Hunt in fighting the charges.

In 2014, the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Hunt’s convictions for burglary and property damage, and sent the third conviction, for assault, back to Montgomery county for a potential new trial. Hunt remained employed with the St. Charles department throughout his appeal.

“We provide financial and emotional assistance to police officers in times of need. [The Saturday fundraiser] was for law enforcement wrongly accused in the line of duty, and
we don’t release the specific dollar amounts that we give to the officers,” Hunt says. “Our organization did assist Darren Wilson.”  (read more)

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