Posted on 01/28/2021 4:29:07 AM PST by marktwain
On Sunday, 28 June, 2020, the property of a married couple of Saint Louis lawyers was invaded by a screaming, unruly mob. Under Missouri law, the couple had a right to defend themselves and their home. From a previous article on AmmoLand:
Section 563.031 specifically allows the use of deadly force, not just showing a weapon, against people who have entered private property unlawfully. In order to be justified, the person using the force must reasonably believe such force to be necessary to defend themselves or a third person from the unlawful use of force.
(3) Such force is used against a person who unlawfully enters, remains after unlawfully entering, or attempts to unlawfully enter private property that is owned or leased by an individual, or is occupied by an individual who has been given specific authority by the property owner to occupy the property, claiming a justification of using protective force under this section.
Far-left St. Louis Circuit Attorney (prosecutor) Kimberly Gardner, started demonizing the couple which had dared to defend themselves against her political allies. She threatened prosecution. She referenced the case in her political literature, using inflammatory language.
After the McCloskeys, through their attorney, objected, she and her office were removed from the case under Missouri law.
Not Kimberly Gardner. She used the resources of her office to claim she was the victim, so as to preserve her power to prosecute/persecute the McCloskeys. She appealed her removal from the case to the Missouri Court of appeals. The Court of appeals upheld the lower court. From washingtonxaminer.com:
The Missouri Court of Appeals struck down Gardner’s
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got that right, communists run everything into the ground because they’re power thirsty and keep pushing until nothing is left.
Why is this incompotent moron still free to cause mayhem for decent people?
Gonna backfire. IMHO (IANAL) case will establish trespassed property belonged to McCloskeys by “squatter’s right”, justifying the armed response.
Why is this incompotent moron still free to cause mayhem for decent people?
Because the voters in Saint Louis have been taught, for two generations, that everything is the fault of white people, and they want revenge.
Sadly, not unbelievable.
Ms Gardner is still in the middle of the fire for the Greitens case, and could not only be disbarred but also convicted.
The McCloskeys will also win all the way to SCOTUS. Gardner will need a new job.
She should be in jail.
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