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Dec. 15, 2020

San Bernardino County public defender abruptly resigns

C. Christopher Gardner, who was appointed by county supervisors as public defender in 2018, had become an outspoken supporter of Black Lives Matter.

GChristopher Gardner, the public defender in San Bernardino County, has abruptly left his post.

Gardner, an outspoken supporter of the Black Lives Matters movement, publicly sparred with prosecutors this summer over the death sentence of a Black man convicted of killing a police officer. Gardner said the defendant did not receive a fair trial.

Assistant Public Defender Thomas W. Sone will serve as ...

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