The couple pointed their weapons at the crowd and argued with some protesters, but no shots were fired. The couple were later charged with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon in the incident. They pleaded not guilty and their case is set to go to trial in November.
They pleaded not guilty and their case is set to go to trial in November. Missouri’s governor, Mike Parson, a Republican, has said he would pardon the couple if they were convicted. The incident also drew attention to the couple’s near constant conflict with others, usually over private property.
The variety of legal actions includes Mark McCloskey suing a dog breeder in 1996 for selling him a German shepherd without papers and in 2013 threatening a Jewish congregation with legal action after they placed beehives outside their mansion’s northern wall.
The couple pointed their weapons at the crowd and argued with some protesters, but no shots were fired. The couple were later charged with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon in the incident. They pleaded not guilty and their case is set to go to trial in November.
Republicans prefer to back the big lie. Read more. McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, gained international notoriety after drawing their guns on peaceful protesters marching past their marble-faced palazzo home in June 2020. The incident was embraced by many Republicans and the couple, both personal injury attorneys in their 60s, ...
Mark and Patricia McCloskey stand in front of their home with guns in St Louis, Missouri, on 28 June 2020. They were later charged with a felony for unlawful use of a weapon. Photograph: Laurie Skrivan/AP
In the ad, McCloskey references the incident that made him famous and repeated a lie about it that he has said many times before: “An angry mob marched to destroy my home and kill my family.”
The St Louis Dispatch revealed last year that the McCloskeys had a long history of su ing other people.