Police in St. Louis, Missouri, searched the mansion of a couple who brandished guns at protesters marching outside their home last month in widely seen videos, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said. McCloskey, 63, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, 61, are both personal injury lawyers and have said they were frightened for their lives when demonstrators protesting against police violence marched by their mansion on their way to the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. Some in the crowd record the scene on their cellphones, or shout out that the protesters have no interest in causing the couple harm. The McCloskeys have repeatedly filed lawsuits or threatened to do so in order to defend their property rights, according to an investigation published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Saturday. McCloskey left a note saying he would sue the congregation if they did not remove all trace of the hives, it said.

Source: Standard Digital July 11, 2020 23:15 UTC