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Missouri Governor Pardons Gun-Waving Couple
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According to reports, the Missouri lawyer couple who went viral for toting their guns and pointing them at BLM protesters was pardoned by their state s governor.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he would be pardoning the couple after Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000 back in June.
“Mark McCloskey has publicly stated that if he were involved in the same situation, he would have the exact same conduct,” said the McCloskeys’ lawyer Joel Schwartz. “He believes that the pardon vindicates that conduct.”
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey stood outside their home in an elite gated community of Central West End in St. Louis on June 28, 2020, and waved weapons at demonstrators who were marching to Mayor Lyda Krewson s nearby house to protest against racism.
The couple, who are both lawyers, said they felt threatened by the protesters, whom they argued had trespassed on a private street and broken down a gate. Prosecutors said the protesters were peaceful and did not realize they were on a private street. Protesters said the gate was already open.
Mark McCloskey displayed an AR-15 rifle and his wife displayed a semiautomatic handgun. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000 in June.
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(Photo : Photo Courtesy of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via Getty Images) CHARLOTTE, NC - AUGUST 24: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Patricia and Mark McCloskey, a couple from St. Louis who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters, addresses the virtual convention in a pre-recorded video broadcasted on August 24, 2020. The convention is being held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic but will include speeches from various locations including Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, DC.
A couple from St. Louis who previously brandished their firearms at protesters who were marching outside of their property peacefully last year were pardoned by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, a decision announced on Tuesday by the official s office.