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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

Missouri Court Upholds Removal of Prosecutor From McCloskey Gun Case

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 JOE HARRIS
conflict of interest, Guns, prosecutors, protests, St. Louis

A Missouri appeals court upheld the decision to disqualify St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from prosecuting gun charges against Mark McCloskey, the white attorney who waved an AR-15 rifle at civil rights protesters in front of his mansion last summer.

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Courts Criminal 

St. Louis Judge Dismisses Prosecutor From McCloskey Case

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Guns, protests, St. Louis

Citing a pair of political fundraising emails, a city judge on Thursday disqualified Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from prosecuting Mark McCloskey on gun charges, in a case that made national headlines after the white attorney waved an AR-15 rifle outside of his mansion amid protesters.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government Regional 

Gun-Waving Couple Accuse St. Louis Prosecutor of Political Bias

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Guns, prosecutors, protests, St. Louis

A lawyer for the white St. Louis couple who waved guns at Black Lives Matter protesters this summer argued during a hearing Wednesday that the city’s top prosecutor should be dismissed from the criminal case against his clients.

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Civil Rights Criminal Regional 

St. Louis Couple Charged Over Standoff With Protesters

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Guns, Missouri, protests, self-defense, St. Louis

A couple who drew national headlines after waving guns at hundreds of civil rights protesters in front of their St. Louis home were indicted Tuesday afternoon by a city grand jury.

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Civil Rights Government Regional 

Judge Dismisses St. Louis Prosecutor’s Claim of Racist Conspiracy

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 JOE HARRIS
conspiracy, discrimination, Police, prosecutors, race, St. Louis, unions

In a tersely worded order, a federal judge on Wednesday tossed a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner asserting a conspiracy to force her out.

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Appeals Civil Rights 

Eighth Circuit Hears Challenge of Ban on Police Roughing Up St. Louis Protesters

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Eighth Circuit, Excessive Force, protests, St. Louis

At a hearing before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday, a St. Louis city attorney pushed back on claims that it is police department custom to use excessive force including tear gas and pepper spray on protesters.

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Civil Rights Government 

Officer Who Shot Michael Brown Will Not Face Charges

July 30, 2020July 31, 2020 JOE HARRIS
police shooting, race, St. Louis

Darren Wilson, the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in August 2014, will not be charged with any crimes.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government 

Eighth Circuit Rejects Defamation Claims of Former St. Louis Cop

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020 JOE HARRIS
defamation, Eighth Circuit, malicious prosecution, Police, protests, race, St. Louis

The Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that a former St. Louis circuit attorney is entitled to absolute immunity over her prosecution of a white former police officer, whose acquittal in the death of a black motorist sparked a wave of often violent protests.

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Latest Headlines 

St. Louis Protest Organizers Call for Reparations, Defunding of Police

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Excessive Force, Missouri, Police, Police Killing, protests, race, St. Louis

Joining millions of others across the country, thousands of protesters took to the streets of downtown St. Louis on Sunday afternoon to protest institutional racism and police brutality in honor of George Floyd.

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Civil Rights 

St. Louis Calm After a Night of Chaos

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Police Killing, protests, race, St. Louis

A bold decision by St. Louis-area protest leaders yielded immediate results as there were no reports of looting or violence late Tuesday night.

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Business Government Health 

Government Sues Back

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 BRIEF
coronavirus, fitness, St. Louis

State and local governments, a favorite target of the 1,279 coronavirus-related lawsuits filed since April 1, often for stay-at-home orders, finally fired back Monday, when St. Louis County sued House of Pain Gym Services, for opening its two gyms in defiance of a county order.

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Civil Rights Government 

Homelessness

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 BRIEF
cruel and unusual punishment, homeless, parks, St. Louis

A federal class action protests St. Louis’ demand to evacuate homeless camps in public parks under threat of arrest, as the 500 to 600 homeless people have no place else to go, and arresting them would be cruel and unusual punishment.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government Law 

Ex-Cop Cleared in Shooting Asks Court to Revive Defamation Case

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 JOE HARRIS
defamation, Eighth Circuit, immunity, Police, Shooting, St. Louis

A white former police officer whose acquittal in the death of a black suspect set off weeks of protests argued Wednesday before the Eighth Circuit that St. Louis officials were not entitled to immunity from his defamation lawsuit.

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jail, cell, inmate, incarceration, prison, bars
Appeals Civil Rights Courts Government 

Panel Tosses Injunction Against Cash Bail in St. Louis

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 JOE HARRIS
arrests, bail reform, Eighth Circuit, injunction, Jails, Missouri, St. Louis

A federal judge did not adequately weigh a new Missouri Supreme Court rule for cash bail bonds before issuing an injunction prohibiting the practice in St. Louis city courts, the Eighth Circuit ruled.

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Civil Rights Government Regional 

St. Louis Police Union Blasts Prosecutor’s Conspiracy Lawsuit

January 14, 2020 JOE HARRIS
Attorneys, conspiracy, Police, prosecutors, St. Louis, unions

A police union spokesman on Tuesday called St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner the worst prosecutor in the country, a day after she accused the union and city of a racist conspiracy to force her out.

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Appeals Civil Rights Government 

Fight Over St. Louis Bail System Hits Eighth Circuit

December 12, 2019 JOE HARRIS
arrests, bail reform, Eighth Circuit, Jails, Missouri, St. Louis

A lawyer for four people who claim they were held in a debtors’ jail in St. Louis argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Thursday that a recent change in bail procedures does not make their case moot.

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Appeals Business Sports 

Missouri Court Orders NFL Owners to Hand Over Phone Records

November 22, 2019November 25, 2019 JOE HARRIS
cellphones, discovery, eldSports, football, Missouri, NFL, records, St. Louis

National Football League team owners and other high-level league officials will have to turn over eight years of cellphone records as part of a lawsuit over the Rams’ move to Los Angeles, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.

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Civil Rights Government Politics 

Police Brutality

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 BRIEF
Excessive Force, Police, protests, St. Louis

A federal judge refused St. Louis’ request to dismiss a civil rights complaint from protesters of police brutality, as evidence indicates police may have a practice of using chemical agents against protesters without providing warning or leaving them a means of egress.

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Criminal Government 

Former St. Louis County Exec Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison

August 9, 2019August 12, 2019 JOE HARRIS
corruption, Fraud, Missouri, sentencing, St. Louis

A disgraced former St. Louis County executive was sentenced Friday to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a pay-to-play scheme that awarded government contracts to campaign donors.

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Media Personal Injury 

Police Brutality

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 BRIEF
Excessive Force, Journalism, Police, protests, St. Louis

A federal judge advanced some claims from a disabled journalist who claims police pepper-sprayed her without warning while she covered a peaceful protest against police brutality on Sept. 29, 2017.

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