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St. Louis prosecutor ordered crime lab to reassemble Patricia McCloskey's gun
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:51 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:51 pm
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ST LOUIS — The gun Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters was inoperable when it arrived at the St. Louis police crime lab, but a member of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's staff ordered crime lab experts to disassemble and reassemble it and wrote that it was “readily capable of lethal use” in charging documents filed Monday, 5 On Your Side has learned.
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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.
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Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:52 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Disbarment.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:55 pm to UncleFestersLegs
That’s really nice of them to fix the gun for free
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:56 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Yeah but but but but BLM, oppressed, blah, blah, blah, other knee jerk words to draw attention
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:57 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Surprised the AK didn't somehow become "fully automatic."
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:06 pm to UncleFestersLegs
So complicity in tampering with evidence? Doesn’t matter. Nothing will come of it.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:08 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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Firearms experts then put the gun back together in the correct order and test-fired it, finding that it worked, according to the documents.
Yep, and the casing and projectile are probably now on file too.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:09 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Shouldn’t matter if the gun was operational or not. But if you’re going to try to charge them, tampering with the gun is the equivalent of an attempt at framing them. Someone should be locked up.
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:28 pm to SelaTiger
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Shouldn’t matter if the gun was operational or not
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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.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:54 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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disassemble and reassemble it and wrote that it was “readily capable of lethal use”
since when does "have to disassemble, then reassemble" equals "readily capable"
I mean the sheer fact that you had to go through all of that proves that at the time, it was not "readily capable"
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:23 pm to UncleFestersLegs
What in the ever living frick
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:23 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Seems like evidence tampering.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:24 pm to Pax Regis
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Seems like evidence tampering.
And a Brady violation to boot
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Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:25 pm to brewhan davey
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Disbarment.
Imprisonment.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:29 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Is it likely that the owner reversed the pin prior to the gun being seized?
Defense will argue that the gun wouldn't fire in the shape it was found.
Prosecutor will argue the defendant could have reversed the pin at any point after the confrontation but before the weapon was taken into evidence.
If the defendant admits they had fired the gun before then it becomes obvious that they are poor at putting the gun back together or did it on purpose. Not sure which makes things better/worse.
Defense will argue that the gun wouldn't fire in the shape it was found.
Prosecutor will argue the defendant could have reversed the pin at any point after the confrontation but before the weapon was taken into evidence.
If the defendant admits they had fired the gun before then it becomes obvious that they are poor at putting the gun back together or did it on purpose. Not sure which makes things better/worse.
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:31 pm to fightin tigers
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Is it likely that the owner reversed the pin prior to the gun being seized?
Defendant is a lawyer and most likely kept it that way on purpose.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:32 pm to fightin tigers
That only makes it even easier for our Gov to pardon them.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:33 pm to UncleFestersLegs
“I can do this all day. I take the firing pin out of all my guns when I leave.”
5D chess
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:33 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Defendant is a lawyer and most likely kept it that way on purpose.
What's the advantage of doing so?
Not being obtuse, trying to figure out reasoning behind keeping a gun inoperable then using it for self defense.
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