Patricia and Mark McCloskey.Photo: Jim Salter/AP/Shutterstock
Mark and Patricia McCloskey— the St. Louis couple seen in aviral video brandishing guns at Black Lives Matter protestersoutside of their home in summer 2020 — pled guilty to misdemeanor charges on Thursday.
Police have said the McCloskeys' street is private, and that protesters broke down a gate to gain access.
Patricia and Mark McCloskey.Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty
Special prosecutor Richard Callahan later agree to reduced charges, saying in a statement released Thursday that he considered “the age and lack of a criminal record for the McCloskeys, the fact they initially called the police and the fact that no one was hurt and no shots were fired,” the outlet reported.
“The protestors on the other hand were a racially mixed and peaceful group, including women and children, who simply made a wrong turn on their way to protest in front of the mayor’s house,” added Callahan.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey.Jeff Roberson/AP/Shutterstock
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said last year that “most certainly would” pardon the couple if they were convicted, theAssociated Presspreviously reported.
A spokeswoman for the lawmaker toldThe Washington Poston Thursday that Parson had not received a formal request from the couple or their attorneys since the Thursday hearing.
source: people.com
