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| St. Louis Prosecutor's Office Busted Altering Evidence; Reassembled Non-Operable McCloskey Pistol To Classify As Lethal | |
| 2020-07-23 | |
[KSDK via Zero Hedge] The pistol Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters who broke down a gate to trespass on their private street was a non-operable 'prop' used during a lawsuit they were involved in, so a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's
In Missouri, police and prosecutors must prove that a weapon is "readily" capable of lethal use when it is used in the type of crime with which the McCloskeys have been charged. Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Hinckley ordered crime lab staff members to field strip the handgun and found it had been assembled incorrectly. Specifically, the firing pin spring was put in front of the firing pin, which was backward, and made the gun incapable of firing, according to documents obtained by 5 On Your Side. Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents.... According to the report, crime lab workers photographed the disassembly and reassembly of the pistol. The McCloskeys attorney, Joel Schwartz, told KSDK that the St. Louis couple intentionally misplaced the firing pin on the gun, rendering it inoperable. They turned the pistol in to their former attorney Al Watkins following the incident last month. "It's disheartening to learn that a law enforcement agency altered evidence in order to prosecute an innocent member of the community," said Schwartz. | |
| Posted by:Clem |
| #14 HOWEVER, the evidence techs who did the change are fully prosecutable If they were all in the bag, you wouldn't even know about this. Someone has a conscience and a pen and cellphone, so to speak. Thank God not everyone is rolling over for career expedience |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-23 19:59 |
| #13 She has the Black Woman Gold Card (even though I'm not sure how many white people are in her gene pool, seems like a lot) and this close to an election, you are just asking for it. HOWEVER, the evidence techs who did the change are fully prosecutable, and their trial will allow them to post evidence and call witnesses, etc. I suspect a brave State investigator could start that process and let it be know that the discovery hearing will be with a wide net..... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBA 2020-07-23 19:38 |
| #12 Tom, yesterday we had a report that the state attorney general was filing to dismiss charges against the McCloskeys. Going against Ms Gardner would be a subsequent step. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-23 17:20 |
| #11 I know the prosecutor is elected, and I don't know Missouri law. But is there no one at the state level who can step in and stop all this? My wife and I lived in St. Louis years ago and loved it; but we wouldn't move back now for love or money. |
| Posted by: Tom 2020-07-23 14:20 |
| #10 Chickenshit Exit ----> |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-07-23 11:51 |
| #9 Talk about backfire. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2020-07-23 10:23 |
| #8 Bent cops. Anyone surprised? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2020-07-23 10:05 |
| #7 More corruption of the legal process by a Soros funded legal hack. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-07-23 09:30 |
| #6 "...land of the free..." Yeah, right. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-07-23 05:34 |
| #5 /\ Good question. My guess is either slim, or none. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-07-23 02:13 |
| #4 What are the chances anyone involved with this will be fired? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-07-23 02:08 |
| #3 DA Kim Gardner is a real POS. She even tried to frame the governor. Police Source: Woman Who Framed Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens Guilty of Perjury, Bribed With Cash Payment The woman who conspired with Soros backed St Louis DA Kim Gardner in order to frame then-Governor Eric Greitens is guilty of perjury and was bribed with cash to testify falsely. You may remember the case in which Katrina “Kitty” Sneed accused Greitens of taking naked pictures of her in order to blackmail her. Greitens said: “It’s clear that a Soros prosecutor and establishment insiders were desperate to overturn the 2016 election and this is just one more alleged example of the kind of perjury, evidence tampering and lies that they engaged in. We knew that national liberals and insiders were coming after us. Now it’s good that the whole world is beginning to see the truth.” The sad part is that his election was overturned. |
| Posted by: Cromoth Sheatch5463 2020-07-23 01:43 |
| #2 disheartening? Look again, Kimberly brought down a Republican governor on accusations that turned out to be totally false. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-23 01:31 |
| #1 It's disheartening to learn that a law enforcement agency altered evidence in order to prosecute an innocent member of the community," Disheartening? I'm not a lawyer, but that seems a wee bit on the crimey side. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-07-23 00:27 |