Patricia McCloskey's Gun Was Inoperable, Prosecutor Ordered It Be Reassembled to Claim It Was 'Lethal'Chris MenahanInformationLiberation Jul. 23, 2020 |
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Patricia McCloskey's gun was a "prop" she used in a trial and the firing pin was on backwards when police seized it so one of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's prosecutors ordered the gun be reassembled to declare it "readily capable of lethal use." WATCH: From KSDK, "St. Louis prosecutor ordered crime lab to reassemble Patricia McCloskey's gun": 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. [...] Patricia McCloskey and her husband, Mark McCloskey, have said the handgun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable because they had used it as a prop during a lawsuit they once filed against a gun manufacturer. In order to bring it into a courtroom, they made it inoperable.Though Kim Gardner will drop all charges against rioters and looters her office will manufacture charges against law-abiding citizens for defending themselves from the mob. "The Circuit Attorney [Kim Gardner] has apparently decided that her job as a prosecutor is not to keep us safe from criminals but to keep the criminals safe from us," Mark McCloskey said Monday on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Follow InformationLiberation on Twitter, Facebook, Gab and Minds. |