Judge dismisses St. Louis prosecutor from McCloskey case

FILE - In a Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner speaks in St. Louis. A judge on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor from the case involving Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who became national celebrities after pointing guns at racial injustice protesters who marched onto the private street near their home in June. Circuit Judge Thom Clark II dismissed Gardner, citing two campaign fundraising emails, one sent before and one sent after she filed felony gun charges against the couple in July. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, File)