St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed charges against a St. Louis couple who defended themselves by brandishing firearms when a protest mob broke into their property. Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West End couple who confronted protesters June 28 with a rifle and a handgun that can’t fire, have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon/flourishing.
In Missouri, that charge is a class D felony and could result in one to four years in prison as well as fines up to $5,000. Per St. Louis TV Station KSDK Gardner’s office will be issuing a summons for the couple to appear in court.
But to issue the charges, prosecutors must prove the guns were capable of lethal force–but they weren’t.
The Washington Times reported Gardner said in an interview with the AP that the McCloskeys’ actions risked creating a violent situation during an otherwise nonviolent protest. They nonviolently broke the gate down?
Gardner ignored a) the state's Castle Doctrine and b) that in order for those charges to be filed, the weapons would have been capable of lethal force -- which they weren't.
Article doesn't state that a grand jury charged them. Instead it just says that this partisan Circuit Attorney did. If that is the case, did the grand jury tell her to fuck off or did she not even bother. And if she filed these w/o the grand jury, then an arraignment hearing must be done. We'll see if the judge has the balls to throw this shit out or cave to Cancel and fuck over the law like this bitch is doing.
Yes, trespassing on private property is not a crime, yelling that you are going to kill someone live in their house and burn it down is not a crime. Showing antagonists that you have the means to protect yourselves against their threats and that you intend to follow through in the case your life and property is threatened, is a crime? This fucking country!?!? SMDH
Sure, best practices for these two would have been to just come out of the house with the side arm in a holster and the AR on a sling not pointed at anyone, then the fuckstick DA and Judge would have NOTHING to go after them for.
Also would like to know, how many of the “protesters” got pinched and are going to do time for criminal trespass and making death and arson threats?
"Staff shortage The Circuit Attorney's Office has experienced a more than 100% turnover rate in staff since Gardner took office. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported in September 2019 that "over 65 attorneys with a combined experience of over 460 years in prosecutorial experience" have left the Circuit Attorney's office under Gardner.[18]"
Sounds like another victory of the diversity printing press diploma. They work for the government because nobody with common sense otherwise would hire them, and then strike out to do Obama's good work.
Well, I know this lawyer is pretty damn rich and well known and probably has a shitload of influence.
On the far off chance the Commie Shakur DA gets a conviction, it'll be overturned in the state wide courts for sure.
I'm shocked the state and county level Democrats across America aren't freaking out right now because the National Level Dems are moving so far left, it must not only putting re-elections at risk, but putting their ordinary business at risk. Anything less than full wokey dokey is considered treasonous, so getting Martin Jones, a big Dem donor developer, permission to build a luxury apt complex in whatever City, can now be subject to Far Left "anti-gentrification" pressure coming not only from local wokey-dokey, but from the national party
At this point, everyone should understand why Soros was/is pouring money into elections for the positions of District Attorney across the nation.
Control certain offices, and you steer the country. Leftists who participate in destruction of the nation and its values will go unpunished. Anyone with American values who demonstrates individuality, freedom, or even resistance of the revolution will be aggressively and unjustly prosecuted, usually with bogus charges.
Control the media and you get to portray your brownshirt/red-guard country-wreckers as "peaceful protestors", while enforcement of the law against your wreckers is "a terrifying police state where people are being kidnapped off the street!"
Control the education system and you get to indoctrinate kids into your twisted, deceitful ideology to promote even more of this.
That we're seeing these "woke" Cultural Marxism attacks nearly everywhere leads me to believe that the reason those state-Dems aren't freaking out is because they're part of it. This cancer has been spreading for 80 years, and it appears it's reached the time where it attacks the vital organs and kills its host.
It's like a version of Frankenstein's monster, where someone took an affirmative action Negro head, and grafted it onto a DA's body, with predictably disastrous results.
Yes, black people can be bigoted and racist, but they get a pass because of black privilege.
Control the media and you get to portray your brownshirt/red-guard country-wreckers as "peaceful protesters", while enforcement of the law against your wreckers is "a terrifying police state where people are being kidnapped off the street!"
That is a good summary of how ABC Nightly News described the Federal marshals making arrests in Portland. Even had some pasty white red headed millennial talk about how he was "scared for his life" during his abduction. No one asked why his was free now, and if that guy turns out to have been a looter, we will never hear about it.
This is fantastic! Can you imagine the campaign ad that could be created from this? Democrats want to create violent mobs, support their violent ideologies, and even prosecute people for attempting to defend themselves against the mob! Democrats literally want you to die! And if you survive, they’ll prosecute you with Lawfare!
Gardner ignored a) the state's Castle Doctrine and b) that in order for those charges to be filed, the weapons would have been capable of lethal force -- which they weren't.
Article doesn't state that a grand jury charged them. Instead it just says that this partisan Circuit Attorney did. If that is the case, did the grand jury tell her to fuck off or did she not even bother. And if she filed these w/o the grand jury, then an arraignment hearing must be done. We'll see if the judge has the balls to throw this shit out or cave to Cancel and fuck over the law like this bitch is doing.