St. Louis Couple Charged Over Confronting BLM Protesters Pleads Guilty, Forfeits Guns

McCloskeys said they felt threatened after protesters broke down the iron gate to the private community & ignored no-trespassing signs. Seized guns set to be destroyed, according to reports.

by RT
Info Wars

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis, Missouri couple filmed brandishing a rifle and a handgun at angry protesters that broke into their gated community last June, have agreed to pay fines and forfeit their weapons.

On Thursday, Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was given the maximum fine of $2,000. Her husband Mark pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and accepted the $750 fine.

The handgun and the rifle that were seized from them will be destroyed, local media reported.

[…] The McCloskeys became internet-famous in late June 2020, when they were filmed confronting an angry crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators that had broken through a gate outside their home. At the time, St. Louis was engulfed in riots that had spread from Minneapolis, following the death of George Floyd during a botched police arrest four weeks prior.

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