BREAKING: Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated, Report Says

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Law enforcement officials in St. Louis have allegedly served a warrant on the St. Louis couple who recently defended their home when a large mob of angry demonstrators allegedly trespassed onto their private property.

“5 On Your Side has learned St. Louis police officers executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West end couple who confronted protesters with weapons in June,” KSDK News reported. “Sources tell 5 On Your Side police seized one of the weapons, the rifle, from the couple and they told police their attorney has the pistol seen in photos.”

Fox News host Shannon Bream confirmed the news in a tweet, writing, “BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We’re told weapon(s) seized. We’ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p – PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE…”

BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We're told weapon(s) seized. We've got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p – PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE @FoxNews @FoxNewsNight — Shannon Bream (@ShannonBream) July 11, 2020

Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon responded to the news by tweeting, “Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach.”

Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach. https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE — Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) July 11, 2020

The left-wing demonstrators returned to the couple’s home last week and were met by private security that was guarding the home.

“When about 300 protesters returned Friday — holdings signs reading ‘Black Lives Matter. Period’ and ‘No Justice, No Peace’ — a more subdued Mark McCloskey could be seen peering out from his balcony while his wife appeared to be shooting video of the marchers on her mobile phone,” the New York Post reported. “The photos also show private security guards setting up barricades and securing the gate prior to Friday’s new demonstration.”

Mark McCloskey, who guarded his private property with an AR-15, told a local news station following the incident, “We were threatened with our lives, threatened with the house being burned down, my office building being burned down, even our dog’s life being threatened. It was about as bad as you can get. You know, I really thought it was the storming of Bastille, that we would be dead and the house would be burned and there was nothing we could do about it. It was a huge and frightening crowd and they broke in the gate and they were coming at us.”

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, claimed that the McCloskey’s defending their private property was a “violent assault” and that authorities “will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”

Albert Watkins, the McCloskeys’ attorney, told Fox News that “If Kimberly Gardner wants to press charges against two attorneys who are protecting their home and their family and themselves on their own property, I will tell you that it will be nothing short of the proverbial cluster f***.”

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Quantumstinger on July 11st, 2020 at 05:47 UTC »

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, claimed that the McCloskey’s defending their private property was a “violent assault” and that authorities “will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”

So now they're being charged for a nonexistent violent assault. This isn't just some trumped up charge, this is outright fabrication of one.

For all the r/politics brigaders

"Both Mr. and Mrs. McCloskey acted lawfully on their property which sits on a private gated lane in the City of St. Louis," attorney Albert Watkins wrote in a statement. Watkins denied that the couple's actions were "race related," explaining their actions "were borne solely of fear and apprehension."

In recent years, the state of Missouri expanded the state's Castle Doctrine, a stand-your-ground law allowing a resident to use deadly force against anyone perceived to be threatening a resident's property or person. Individuals defending their property have no duty to retreat when facing a perceived threat.

"At any point that you enter the property, they can then, in Missouri, use deadly force to get you off the lawn," explained Anders Walker, a constitutional law professor at St. Louis University. Walker told the St. Louis Dispatch that the couple's decision to engage with protesters was "very dangerous" but the law allows them to defend their private property and even pull the trigger.

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/aggression-or-protection-st-louis-couple-points-guns-at-protesters-on-private-property

Legally they could have shot the protestors dead under Missouri's castle doctrine.

Fuck off back to the politics sub, everyone here before your brigading knows that's where you assholes crying about "but muh assault!" Came from. You're all just a bunch of gaslighting, lying assholes.

drunkboater on July 11st, 2020 at 04:57 UTC »

It sucks that this is happening but since it is I’m glad it’s happening to two prominent lawyers with the means to defend themselves and hopefully set a precedent, and not a couple of low income, working class people that would get fucked by the system.

MajorBeefCurtains on July 11st, 2020 at 03:17 UTC »

The activist judiciary is being weaponized against the people. When examples are made of some, the rest will be less likely to defend themselves. Pacification through self preservation for fear of prosecution.