31 Aug 2020 12:21 pm
They never walked up to their front door.rippy3838 » 31 Aug 2020, 12:10 pm » wrote: ↑Maybe they live and work there... or own the businesses that are being looted and destroyed maybe?Pengwin » 31 Aug 2020, 12:06 pm » wrote: ↑ And why would they be there in the first place? There's no reason for them to be.
But if you mean owners protecting their property from those who might riot or loot using the protest as a cover, more power to them, as long as they are willing to deal with the consequences.
In St Louis, the mob kicked down a gate and walked up to a couples front door, and then the couple was arrested for pointing guns at them.
They were walking down the street towards the mayor's house.
The McCloskeys, who have a history of filing lawsuits including against their own property managers, claimed that they acted appropriately after “a mob” smashed their way through the private development’s gate.
“The only thing that stopped the crowd from approaching the house was when I had that rifle,” Mark McCloskey said in an interview with NBC affiliate KSDK.
“[It was] the only thing that stemmed the tide.”
But video obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shows that the gate to Portland Place was open when the protesters arrived.
Moments after the march moved past his house, Mark McCloskey can be seen yelling at protesters and wielding a rifle.
His wife soon joined him and the couple moved from the front door to the lawn adjoining the street, with Patricia McCloskey repeatedly pointing a small pistol at protesters.
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