Show-Me Inevitable Argument About Racism Amid Effort To Remove Kim Gardner

This is STL and not really our bag . . . But we're blogging it because it's probably the most important thing happening in the state right now.

Here are the basics . . .

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner is no stranger to controversy, encountering admonishment for her handling of criminal cases on several occasions. She's been publicly reprimanded and fined by the Missouri Supreme Court and scrutinized for what critics have deemed soft-on-crime policies.

However, Gardner is currently facing an unprecedented push for her ouster after volleyball player Janae Edmonson, 16, was hit by a vehicle and lost both her legs while visiting St. Louis with her team last weekend.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links from both sides of the debate . . .

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Missouri AG rejects Kim Gardner's 'ridiculous' attempt to inject race into legal fight to fire her

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Hartmann: Missouri Gets Famous for 'Toddlers' Right to Carry'

This year's legislative whoring for the gun lobby started out innocently enough in Missouri. The main focus of Missouri Republican politicians was to be an attack on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. That's low hanging fruit in Jefferson City. Sure, it's pointless, hypocritical and unabashedly racist. That's why they do it.

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