Community members with the Hands Off STL coalition traveled to Jefferson City to support the legal efforts challenging the state takeover of St. Louis City’s police department, SLMPD, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Jamala Rogers and Mike Milton are plaintiffs in a case against the state, filed June 2025, which claims the State Takeover Law is invalid and violates “the Missouri Constitution’s prohibition on unfunded state mandate of local activities …