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→2020 Leftist uprising
==2020 Leftist uprising==
==2020 Leftist uprising==
[[File:Law-firm-McCloskeys-via-Daniel-Shular-@xshularx.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Gardner charged the McCloskey's of St. Louis with weapons charges for defending their home.<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/george-floyd-death/they-took-my-ar-st-louis-lawyer-surprised-after-authorities-seized-rifle-he-pointed-at-protesters/</ref>]]
:{{See also|2020 Antifa riots}}
:{{See also|2020 Antifa riots}}
[[Soros]] funded St. Louis Circuit Attorney [[Kim Gardner]], the city’s prosecutor, was criticized ahead of the election for releasing a political ad paid for by the Safety and Justice Super PAC that received funding from [[liberal]] billionaire [[George Soros]], according to the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''.<ref>https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/st-louis-circuit-attorney-candidate-defends-accepting-super-pac-campaign-money-from-liberal-billionaire/article_11036aaf-4b1b-58cd-871f-4084f1ec1485.html</ref> The total funds donated by the super PAC were at least $190,750. It was not immediately clear what her campaign budget was or who else contributed. Gardner won her 2020 primary re-election bid while under criminal investigation.<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/soros-linked-pac-donates-77000-st-louis-circuit-attorney-targeting</ref> Gardner allowed the release of all 36 rioters and looters arrested in the city following riots in which a retired [[Black]] St. Louis Police Captain was [[murder]]ed by [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters.<ref>https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1268195075953176576</ref>
[[Soros]] funded St. Louis Circuit Attorney [[Kim Gardner]], the city’s prosecutor, was criticized ahead of the election for releasing a political ad paid for by the Safety and Justice Super PAC that received funding from [[liberal]] billionaire [[George Soros]], according to the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''.<ref>https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/st-louis-circuit-attorney-candidate-defends-accepting-super-pac-campaign-money-from-liberal-billionaire/article_11036aaf-4b1b-58cd-871f-4084f1ec1485.html</ref> The total funds donated by the super PAC were at least $190,750. It was not immediately clear what her campaign budget was or who else contributed. Gardner won her 2020 primary re-election bid while under criminal investigation.<ref>https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/soros-linked-pac-donates-77000-st-louis-circuit-attorney-targeting</ref> Gardner allowed the release of all 36 rioters and looters arrested in the city following riots in which a retired [[Black]] St. Louis Police Captain was [[murder]]ed by [[Black Lives Matter]] protesters.<ref>https://twitter.com/Eric_Schmitt/status/1268195075953176576</ref>