In June 2020, the couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey became world famous, after the pictures of them coming out on the lawn in front of their house with weapons went viral.
The couple felt threatened by the protesters on the street outside their house in one of the city’s nicer neighborhoods, they have explained several times.
The protesters were on their way to the mayor’s house to protest against injustice and police violence.
In June, the couple was convicted of two minor offenses. Mark was fined $ 750 for assault and Patricia was fined for harassment and fined $ 2,000.
CRADLE: Mark and Patricia McCloskey drew weapons against the protesters. They were unarmed, according to the prosecution. Photo: Laurie Skrivan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch / AP / NTB
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Kept the promise
In the wake of the trial, the Republican governor of the state of Missouri promised to pardon the couple, so they did not have to pay. He has now done so, writes the news agency AP.
In the wake of the incident, the couple has been seen as both villains and heroes. After the two, who are both lawyers, pleaded guilty in June, Mark McCloskey announced that he would stand for election to the Senate.
– Would do it again
The jury: – Guilty
He was crystal clear on what will happen if he ends up in a similar situation again.
– I would do it again, he said from the stairs at the courthouse.
– Every time a mob approaches me, I will do what I can to put them in immediate danger of being physically injured, because. That’s what stopped them from destroying my house and my family, McCloskey said.
The public prosecutor who was the prosecutor in the case has previously emphasized to the press that there is nothing to indicate that the demonstrators were armed, or that they knew that they had moved into the property of the McCloskey family.
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