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June 30, 2020

Viral Video Shows White Missouri Couple Brandishing Guns at Peaceful Protesters
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On Monday, President Trump retweeted a video from St. Louis, Missouri,
showing a middle-aged white couple pointing guns at Black Lives Matter
protesters who marched in front of their million-dollar mansion. The
couple, who have been identified as Mark and Patricia Mc Closkey, are
both lawyers. He was armed with an AR-15-style rifle. She had a
semiautomatic pistol. The St. Louis circuit attorney is now
investigating whether the couple broke any laws. The protesters were
marching to the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, who is under fire
for publicly reading out loud the names and addresses of protesters who
are calling for the police to be defunded during a live video briefing.
The mayor has since apologized for the move and deleted the Facebook
video.


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