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Newspaper publisher resigns after printing racist cartoon

by Associated Press
| June 14, 2020 12:03 AM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The publisher of a family-owned Missouri newspaper has resigned after publishing a racist syndicated cartoon depicting a black man stealing a white woman's purse while hailing funding cuts to police.

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