ST. LOUIS—An alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention who was arrested and charged with property damage after a protest outside the Ferguson Police Department has withdrawn from the Missouri slate heading to Chicago next week, the state party said Wednesday.

Keith Rose was charged with a Class A felony of first degree property damage after authorities say he damaged a metal fence outside the Ferguson Police Department. Protesters gathered there to mark 10 years since Michael Brown, a Black teenager, was shot and killed by a white Ferguson police officer.

Later Friday night when police went to make arrests, a Ferguson police officer suffered a severe head injury. Elijah Gantt, another protester, faces several charges including assaulting the officer, Travis Brown, who remains in the hospital in critical condition.

Rose also serves as a member of the St. Louis Civilian Oversight Board, which reviews complaints regarding officer misconduct. 

On Tuesday, three members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen’s Public Safety Committee, wrote a letter to the chair of the Civilian Oversight Board asking for Rose to either resign or be removed from the panel.

Rose has already agreed to recuse himself from oversight board work, outside of training.

“As a result of the charges in this matter, we no longer feel that Mr. Rose can be seen as neutral and unbiased on matters relating to the oversight of the St. Louis City Police Department,” wrote Bret Narayan, the aldermanic committee’s chair, along with Tom Oldenburg and Laura Keys.

Not all of the members of the committee, which would have to vote on the nomination of new members prior to a vote of the full Board of Aldermen, are in agreement.

Wednesday afternoon, Alderman Rasheen Aldridge and two other committee members, Alisha Sonnier and Daniela Velasquez, issued a letter saying Rose should remain on the panel until due process takes its course.

The three wrote that Rose "deserves his day in court and, as a legislative body, we should refrain from making reactive decisions in this matter outside the court of law," and that asking for his resignation was premature. They do agree with Rose's decision to recuse himself from the panel.

The case will be back before a St. Louis County judge on Aug. 22.