The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that Joshua Williams "was sentenced . to eight years in prison for starting a fire at a QuikTrip in Berkeley (a St. Louis suburb) after an officer-involved shooting there." The Dispatch apparently didn't think it important to tell readers that the crime spree which occurred after that shooting took place despite the fact that the suspect had pulled a gun on that officer. I noted in a NewsBusters post a year ago that Williams' arrest on charges of "1st degree arson, 2nd degree burglary and misdemeanor theft," and his confession "to setting fires at the store in a videotaped interview" constituted a major establishment press embarrassment. You see, until then, outfits like the New York Times, MSNBC and others had, in the words of Ryan Lovelace at National Review, "depicted him as a hero of the summer protests" in Ferguson, Missouri.
Court Disqualifies Soros-backed Prosecutor Kim Gardner for Fundraising off McCloskey Case
11 Dec 2020
A judge in St. Louis has kicked George Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner off the prosecution of Mark McCloskey because she used the case in fundraising emails.
Mark and his wife, Patricia, were charged with two felonies, unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence, after they emerged on their porch with a pistol and an AR-15 to confront Black Lives Matter protesters on their private property in June. They have pleaded not guilty.
Garnder sent two fundraising emails in which she mentioned the case. The