Fallout continues over alleged slurs aimed at health chief

Berkeley, Mo. (AP) – Civil rights advocates, religious leaders and others say they’re outraged by St. Louis County Health Director Faisal Khan’s claims that he was assaulted and bombarded with racial slurs after defending a new mask mandate.

But a county councilman on Friday questioned whether Khan is telling the truth.

Khan wrote to a member of the County Council on Wednesday and said that after a meeting Tuesday, he was surrounded by an angry mob, shoulder-bumped, threatened and called a racial slur, and that his accent was mocked.

Republican Councilman Tim Fitch told The Associated Press on Friday that video shows no evidence that Khan was assaulted. Investigations are underway.