This is just incredible…. jaw dropping. Circuit Attorney Kimberly M Gardner is the same prosecutor filing charges against the McCloskeys for defending their home in Saint Louis. Incredibly her office was charging a previously convicted felon with first-degree murder, and the prosecutor assigned to the case took maternity leave leaving no-one to show up in court.
After three missed court hearings by prosecutors, the judge was forced to drop a murder case because no one other than the defense, a public defender, was showing up in court.
This is a jaw-dropping example of a prosecutors office is a state of horrible mismanagement. Compounding the issue Ms. Gardner doesn’t even attempt to justify the collapse of the justice system… she just says whoopsie.
ST. LOUIS — A circuit judge dismissed a 2020 murder case last week and said the Circuit Attorney’s Office “abandoned its duty” after St. Louis prosecutors failed three times to show for court hearings or respond to a court order to produce evidence.
Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser on Wednesday dismissed first-degree murder, armed criminal action and unlawful gun possession charges against Brandon Campbell, 30, after no one from the Circuit Attorney’s Office showed up for scheduled hearings in May, June and July.
“The court does not take this action without significant consideration for the implications it may have for public safety,” Sengheiser wrote in his order. “Although presumed innocent, (Campbell) has been charged with the most serious of crimes. While the court has a role to play in protecting public safety, that role must be balanced with adherence to the law and the protection of the rights of the defendant.”
[…] A spokeswoman for Kimberly M. Gardner provided a statement Monday saying “Upon review of our internal policies and procedures regarding family medical leave, we have determined that corrective measures are needed to further prevent any future repeat occurrence of the incident in question.
[…] [The accused felon] fled to Arizona after the shooting and then to Texas, the documents say. He was arrested in Texas by U.S. Marshals. He has previous federal and state convictions for illegal gun possession, drug possession and stealing. (read more)
OMG! indeed.
There’s a reason St. Louis is , literally, one of the most dangerous cities in the world.
The U.S.A. appears to be in a death spiral.
Negative, sure dramatic maybe.
However from the one party system, to your utterly corrupted judicial system and the atrocities committed by your alphabet agencies.
Of course not mention. The fraud in the W.H.
Goodness me folks..buckle up.
Even we “ Woosie” Canadians wouldn’t accept a first degree murder felon walking.
Yikes!
Actually no mistakes made–things are working just as planned for the Soros’ installed “prosecutor”
so, so true. too bad he hadn’t walked into say the city council meeting and taken a photo. he’d still be in jail.
Exactly!! Same crap happening here in Seattle /King County where the war on cops is never ending but the most violent repeat offenders are released with no bail!
Yet, the left wing voters of King county, most of whom are well-educated and well-off, continue to vote for the clowns. I feel sorry for all the good people in Seattle and the surrounding area, but I don’t know if they were just innudated with a flood of kooky leftists, or they just are too lazy to change politicans.
Or do they?
I, too, wondered why people kept voting in these liberal clowns over and over. After this past election, I realized perhaps these people are not voting them in after all. These candidates aren’t “winning” elections but being installed.
It’s a combination of both, IMHO. There have been some really good candidates, both at the city and county level, in the past few election cycles but they have been demonized and vilified in the press and on social media before they can even get their message out.
The social pressure to “conform” is absolutely ridiculous in an area that preaches tolerance for all but practices none for those who dare to challenge the narrative.
I was born and raised in Seattle and worked downtown for many years and it is tragic to see what has happened to my once beautiful hometown. I honestly don’t know if it can be turned around at this point…
Not likely to improve. Vancouver B.C. Is in the same way.
When I emigrated to Vancouver in 1979 she and Seattle ( the emerald city) were spectacular.
We visited many, many times.
Never again..Never. Portland too.
Too bad, but a pampered and indulged society usually ends up this way.
I know Bellevue, and the Microsoft money that fuels that place, Vancouver too is loaded with ultra wealthy enclaves.
They don’t care about the city and small businesses.
Or public schools, or public facilities they all are enrolled in Private Schools and Private Clubs.
Cheers to all, and God Bless PDJT
Yes, I used to visit Vancouver and Victoria often, many years ago, and both were lovely, clean, well-managed cities…now, the Leftists have taken over and are determined to destroy everything that was once beautiful and unique, in order to bring about a dark, depressing dystopian nightmare, which they will then blame on the conservatives, whom they drove out decades ago!
I know that I am not the only one who feels as if I am living in a bad episode of the Twilight Zone!
I get the feeling she’s just the front man. I wonder who’s really running the Circuit Attorney’s office. Probably some hard core leftist.
In other news…
Kim Foxx complained that St Louis just overtook her for worst Attorney office in USA…
Likely deliberate and not incompetence. These woke equity DAs work for the criminals against the public and victims. Unless it’s a political prosecution and that is against the public as well.
Indeed. Also they don’t want trials. They want to pocket the money allocated for trials and prison. If you can’t afford personal security, that’s on you to these people. 🙁
Puzzled: Perhaps, the accused murderer’s case involves circumstances too inconvenient to be revealed in court.
Maybe the prosecution didn’t have standing.
Our government has no reason for existence if it won’t protect us. In the final analysis a government only exists to provide security for a group of people; that’s a condition that reaches all the way back to the “Old-Man and the tribe.”
This being inescapable axiomatic truth. The only thing I can foresee is two different justice systems operating independently within the United States. This nation would divide organically right along whatever accommodating “Natural Map” boundaries.
Fascinating.
AFTER 3 MISSED court HEARINGS by prosecutors?!?!!
I wonder if some $$ changed hands. Or maybe the victim had no friends, and was missed by no one.
Until the people of St. Louis and Missouri do something about it, why should we be surprised? It’s a republic.
She’s probably on Joe Biden’s shortlist for the supreme court
If not before, she is now.
I laughed, but Biden probably will put someone similar on the court.
I checked with the Missouri Attorney General’s website. A City or County prosecutor is under the jurisdiction of the City Manager or Mayor (cities) County officials (county) , or the voters ( in this case her job is golden with the voters)
Stop paying taxes. We need a revolution!
A revolution is what Gardner thinks she’s provoking.
The peace and love leftists are gone . This generation is pure anarchism: anger and hate.
Now that you mention it a work stoppage and tax payment stoppage would get their attention – our votes sure don’t.
Also no longer buying from the fascist corporations would help.
Totally.
No taxation without representation.
Weird thing is are they more worried we would do that because they’d lose the money OR expose that they’re just printing funny money now and taking bribes from foreign countries to betray us.
Either way, would be good to see.
Every institution is corrupted.
What are we paying for?
If communities just crowd sourced fixing our own roads and only paid the locals OR just made police and fire fighters work on donations IF they really do their job I bet the country would run better.
Anything but this.
They are now doing quadrillion dollar bills every other week.
All the money goes to them.
At least keep ours out of the pot.
“No taxation without representation.”
Saw a oneliner in the Reader’s Digest decades ago re that issue – – –
If the colonists thought taxation without representation was bad, they should see it with representation.
I guess if you live in the St Louis area.
Tax laws they love. I wouldn’t try that. They’ll send armored vehicles and helicopters to apprehend you! They want their money!
Also, whenever we feel like upping and leaving city life, or such once- choice states like CA or NY, we must remember that this is exactly what they want. For instance, now they’re trying to turn Oregon into a fortress. When non-conformist, unwoke, patriotic American taxpayers leave, those that remain will be their dependent serfs and like it! They will also be their armed goons and secret police. Serfs will have to take whatever the state gives, or else!! Once the good folks leave, they’ll claim all the property to redistribute it. They’ll have their own kingdom of California or whatever and it will become a fortress. They’ll seize its industries, create their own power centers, administer justice as they please.
We shouldn’t abandon our homes and land. It plays right into their hands and long-term goals.
Affirmative action has completely destroyed our society. Electing or appointing anyone based solely on skin color or genitalia can almost guarantee results like this. Just look around….
Funny how racism is cloaked in “Affirmative Action”. Hoping these communists feel our full wrath soon!
Or corruption and voter fraud.
She didn’t get there from affirmative action. She’s a paid Soros hustler.
“… she just says whoopsie.”
She’s a Sorso tool. She can do and not do as she wishes. She’ll be protected regardless of anything….in fact she shows a lot of promise. Soros might decide to make her mayor. ?
I’m gonna look up the backstory on this felon, wonder what he do and for whom? ?
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Was it one of David Dorn’s murderers?
Someone may eventually return serve on this B. Can we say “whoopsie”, or perhaps “whoopie”!
Really? ?
(read more) links to pg.4 of today’s Presidential…
At least on my end
Mine too
No doubt in my mind that it is all part of the plan.
This clown pretending to be a circuit attorney, has got a history of misconduct. She shouldn’t be prosecuting anyone, she’s worse than the criminals, she’s failing to put away.
Soros. Bought and paid for.
That’s what’s up.
Un#%^ing believable!! When the masses administer justice, they will have no one to blame but themselves. And I hope it’s coming soon in a devastating fashion.
The masses? Did the Masses get financed by Soros and fail to show up for hearing?
The masses.
You might, but frankly my dear, we don’t give a-damn… But hey, thanks for the heads-up! 😉
Was the person taking maternity leave a man or a woman? Just asking, because now people of both sexes get paid for not working after procreation.
Peoria Jones: Maternity leave? I prefer “gestational vacation.”
“Gestational Vacation” – that’s a good one. Whatever you call it, it’s welfare…if you want to be honest.
Oh no! Common sense!
Must. Cover. Eyes. Or. Might. Get. Redpilled.
/s
In former times the Feds would step in and prosecute. But, without clear evidence that the suspect possessed a maga hat or attended the Jan. 6 rally, there is no interest.
Another reason why our cities are becoming uninhabitable.
if you live in a city like St. Louis and you can, you need to get out. Don’ be a target.
Black privilege.
OMGoodness! These people need to be held accountable for not doing their job! I pray the guy doesn’t harm someone else, now that he’s been released!
You have to wonder if this has intentional?
Well if he kills again, I hope she is held to account.
The next victim might hold some strong opinions on the matter.
An intentional state of horrible mismanagement.
This is terrific!
The Best is yet to Come!!
Fascists Regimes never disappoint!
Continue to expose yourselves!!
Wake up Constitutional Republic!!
Look at that demonically possessed creature. This is the enemy folks this is who we are at war with- rather they are at war with us. If you doubt this is a spiritual war just find a picture of Lori BeetleJuice Lightbulb over in Chicago. Thats an 8 ball, demonic possession stage 5.
I agree Mike. When the legions come for Lori, not even a priest can help her.
“Look at that demonically possessed creature.”
Ms Gardner has NO super natural power and she can be disbarred .
This is a person who is controlled by the Democratic Party.
There is nothing special about her.
Years ago I knew a senior public prosecutor who when he had a court case in a neighboring city on a Monday morning would drive through on the Sunday evening so he could be in the court when it opened its doors. It is people like this uphold justice but often police and prosecutors go AWOL with no repercussions. They have plenty of weak excuses.
There isn’t a snowballs chance in hell that this guy won’t kill again.
They do not care. It is another form of population control. He will get a medal if a few whites go down.
St. Louis goes after white people with guns while allowing a black killer and unlawfully having a gun to walk free ?
Sounds about right and I’d bet she has connections to BLM of Osama and or Soreass
Campbell is represented by an assistant public defender, who emailed Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner directly May 28 asking whom to contact about Campbell’s case.
Campbell’s lawyer said Gardner never replied.
So, even after the defense notified them about the screw up, nothing gets done.
What was that phrase in the last Intellectual Froglegs? – Benefit of the doubt no longer lives here.
I believe she is the same biotch that brought fake charges against our great Governor Eric Greitens. The charges were then dropped after he resigned.
Another Soros funded poc female da?
Yes
@barnes_law
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2h
Caught fabricating official documents, forging reports & perjuring court affidavits by high ranking officials to spy on the incoming President and try a de facto coup. Sentence: 0 prison
Caught waiving a Trump flag inside the Capitol.
Sentence: 8 months
Meet federal “justice”
You don’t just “miss” a court date. I’ve been in a court room with a defendant nervously looking around for his attorney. When his name was called he explained his counsel was not present. The Judicial Assistant informed the judge that his attorney had emailed in that the interstate (I-4 in Orlando, what’s new) had been shut down do to an accident. He was en route but was caught up in the mess.
The judge and prosecutor immediately agreed to continue his hearing for 14 days. Crap happens, it gets handled, the courts keep moving.
But missing that many court dates is absolutely not an internal whoopsie with their systems and policies. That many no shows is willful and wanton. She should be held in contempt, dereliction of sworn duty and removed from office by the Gov. $100 says an employee of that office will leak that it was intentional.
She should meet with a midnight incident.
We in MO know about Ms Gardner. Here’s some info about her.
http://www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/commentary/meet-kimberly-gardner-the-rogue-prosecutor-whose-policies-are-wreaking
gardner this incompetent fool should be brought up on prosecutorial misconduct, fired and disbarred
They save penalties like that for Rudy.
Why isn’t this prosecutor being charged with contempt of court, or disbarred for such blatant incompetence/corruption? Why are these Soros-creatures simply allowed to not do their jobs and uphold the law?
Is this what Leftist Democrats DO now?….. Not Show Up For The Job They’re PAID To Do?…. By Taxpayer’s???
In a case such as this, victims of the accused ought to be able to bring criminal charges against the county.
Wow. First degree murder charges abandoned yet, Judge Sullivan yanked the chain of General Flynn (supposed lying) for months on end.
We’re going so wrong
ACtually, at one time it was common STandard English usage in many periodicals.
You can get fired from your employment because you don’t fulfill your “obligation” to wear a mask, but you face no consequences as a public employee when you are delinquent in your public safety duties.
And you wonder why the McCloskeys did what they did. The contract is broken. We are on our own
Consent is withdrawn.
This is from 2019:
https://themissouritimes.com/opinion-hold-gardner-all-prosecutors-accountable/
By Jeff Roorda
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is a disaster. She’s declared war on the police officers that present cases to her. She’s granted de facto amnesty to St. Louis’s violent criminal underworld through her soft-on-crime policies and inept prosecutions of violent offenders. And, she’s disqualified herself from office by the manner in which she’s discharged her duties.
And nobody can do a damn thing about it.
At least, not yet.
In Missouri, statewide officeholders, legislators, and even judges of the Circuit, Appellate, and Supreme Courts can be impeached.
But not prosecutors.
In Missouri virtually every locally elected office includes a provision at law allowing voters to recall that officeholder if it be the will of the people.
But not prosecutors.
When an elected official in Missouri is suspected of committing a crime, there is a process wherein another elected official – the local prosecutor – reviews the case and determines if charges should be pursued.
But not prosecutors.
booger 71,
A little further down in your link…
“The answer is, we have an inherent flaw in Missouri law: Gardner and other prosecutors are not answerable for their misdeeds.”
No link to, nor mention of, the specific “Inherent Flaw”.
the law IS the flaw, L.
Indeed, Anna!
Legalizing lawlessness.
A defendant is given a court-appointed lawyer if he does not have one of his own. A serious judge would have appointed a prosecutor from one of the lawyers in his court.
Just how many prosecutors does she have left?
I suspect more than a few have departed working for this fart stain. The number will be concealed.
Welp, the people of St.Louis reap what they sow… blame themselves… no compassion here!
Wordman, paging Wordman
Clean-up or clean up on aisle two
Yet taking a selfie in the US Capitol on a certain date warrants the full force of federal investigators and a felony charge resulting in 18 months in prison.
Is there no action a higher official in state justice, or even the judge can take to remove this nitwit?
I’m glad I visited St. Louis back in the late 80ies because I’m not going there now!
Disgusting…
Instead of incompetence, could this be more of the two tier justice system and a case they did not wish to prosecute? Selective enforcement when possible or selective prosecution and in the case of the first are not possible , just throw the case.
Fire her ass on the spot!