Black Lives Matter protesters have returned to a Missouri couple’s mansion that last week targeted activists who broke into their gated community during a demonstration.
Photos of Mark and Patricia McCloskey standing in front of their St. Louis palatial property armed with an AR-15 and a gun were broadcast around the world last Sunday, and the scene symbolizes the polarization currently affecting the United States.
Mark McCloskey, who is a prominent personal injury attorney, has defended pulling out his gun, saying he thought “death was coming through his door.”
But on Friday, he and his wife were much more passive when hundreds of protesters returned to their exclusive neighborhood to stage a protest outside their luxurious home.
The couple were seen tentatively watching the protest from the confines of their balcony, in the presence of their lawyer.
Black Lives Matter protesters have returned to the mansion of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who last week shot at activists who knocked down a barricade and marched into their closed community during a demonstration. This time, the couple were seen looking tentatively from the confines of their balcony. Patrica is shown on the left, and Mark is on the right. A friend, dressed in a pink shirt, is seen in the center
Protesters sang and brandished banners outside the residence for about 15 minutes before continuing. Private security was observed strolling on the balcony while closely monitoring the crowd
Hundreds of people attended the demonstration: five days after the couple drew weapons against the protesters
Last Sunday was a very different story, as the couple drew weapons as protesters marched past their home.
Private security was observed securing barriers outside the home prior to the protest.
Protesters sang and brandished banners outside the residence for about 15 minutes before continuing.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, Mark McCloskey recalled the situation that led to his armed confrontation with protesters last Sunday.
“My wife and I were getting ready for dinner, about 70 feet from the door,” he told Carlson.
Protesters walk out the door of a private street not far from Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s home in St. Louis on Friday
Hundreds gathered outside the McCloskey residence on Friday, five days after the couple brandished weapons to chase away protesters.
Private security observed securing barriers outside the home prior to the protest
A door that was kicked by protesters last Sunday was firmly closed the Friday before the protests.
“ When we looked up and saw the protesters coming down the Kings Highway and became loud, we looked out the door and there was no police there. Our private security was not there. There is no one there.
“I look at my wife and then the door pops open and then all these people start to come in. And then an avalanche of people starts to come in,” he said.
“They are angry, they are screaming, they have saliva coming out of their mouth and they are coming towards the house.”
The married couple left their armed home on Sunday to prevent protesters from entering their property after claiming that they made their way into a gated community.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson on Thursday, Mark McCloskey recalled the situation that led to his armed confrontation with protesters last Sunday.
McCloskey continued that after seeing a 7/11 caught fire without intervention in a protest in the city on June 22, he felt that he and his wife had to act and entered the house to grab a gun and an AR-15. .
“I turned to my wife and said, ‘My God, we are absolutely alone. There is no one here to protect us, “he told Fox.
“When I saw the mob go through the door with their anger and their anger, I thought they would invade us in a second,” he said.
‘When I came out with my rifle, people were 20 to 30 feet from my front wall. I have a small wall that separates the house from my front yard. I literally feared that in a matter of seconds they would break through the wall and enter the house, kill us, set the house on fire and everything he had worked for and fought for the past 32 years. ”
“I saw it go up in flames and my life was destroyed in an instant and I did what I thought I had to do to protect my home, my home and my family.”
McCloskey claimed that his actions had nothing to do with race and that he did not care what race the protesters were.
“Here’s the interesting thing, I spent my career defending defenseless people for people who are having a hard time making their oracle happen, for people who have no voice,” he continued.
‘My black clients love us. The night this happened, some of our black clients called us, telling us how wrong the way the press was writing us, telling us how wrong it was to be portrayed as racist.
‘This is what I do to live. I help people who are depressed or who need a hand and people who need a voice, ” added McCloskey.
Calling us racists is ridiculous and has nothing to do with race. I didn’t care what the race was [of] the mafia that came through my door, I was worried that they would kill me. I didn’t care what race they were.
The video of the couple’s confrontation went viral with some supporting the couple’s right to protect their private property and others who claim they violated the law by threatening a peaceful protest.
Police said Monday that people in the crowd yelled threats at the couple and that the McCloskeys would not be charged.
They added that they are still investigating, but called it a case of burglary and assault for intimidation of the couple by protesters in the racially diverse crowd.
According to the NRA, state law does not prohibit the open carrying of firearms, but it does prohibit displaying ‘any weapon readily capable of lethal use’ in an angry or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons.
Displaying a weapon in this manner would likely be a Class D felony punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine not to exceed $ 5,000.
According to the St. Louis American, however, the ‘Castle Doctrine’ allows people to use deadly force to attack an intruder on their property.
About 300 protesters had passed through a door in this gated community and were marching in front of McCloskey’s home, shown in the center. The family said they were dining outside when protesters arrived.
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