Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple’s home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.

Parson, a Republican, on Friday pardoned Mark McCloskey, who pleaded guilty in June to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey, who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000.

The McCloskeys, both lawyers in their 60s, said they felt threatened by the protesters, who were passing their home in June 2020 on their way to demonstrate in front of the mayor’s house nearby in one of hundreds of similar demonstrations around the country after George Floyd’s death. The couple also said the group was trespassing on a private street.

Mark McCloskey emerged from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, and Patricia McCloskey waved a semiautomatic pistol, according to the indictment. Photos and cellphone video captured the confrontation, which drew widespread attention and made the couple heroes to some and villains to others. No shots were fired and no one was hurt.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-st-louis-20062ccc6593bd91757ad1ea4a190db5

[Thomas Hurt]

1. LOL, of course he does...

[Sherman A1]

2. Governor Do Nothing actually does something

Nothing positive, but still something.

[Roy Rolling]

3. Right-Wing Celebrity Justice

They aren’t celebrities and this isn’t justice.

Both are acting for the cameras.

[badhair77]

4. Disheartening but not surprising.

[WHITT]

5. Monkey See, Monkey Do

He sees Donnie do it, so he does it.

The corruption continues.

[monkeyman1]

6. Missouri -don't worry about c-19 , worry about the 2 wack job's ,very important!!

[Diamond_Dog]

7. Disgusting, but not surprising.

And most conservatives say there’s no problem with race in this country.

[Escurumbele]

8. There are more important things in the nation, like asking Cuomo to resign, right?

I am being sarcastic...

Everyone thinks the movie "The Fly" and the short novel by Franz Kafka, "Metamorphosis", are fiction, but I am convinced republicans are mutants from cockroaches. If anyone have any proof otherwise I dare you to present it...

[turbinetree]

9. That didn't take long, does the old gov give the same treatment to everyone else.

I don't think so....just a hunch....

[NCcoast]

10. Would that be the same governor who doesn't have time to release an innocent prisoner?

[BumRushDaShow]

11. He just got elected to his first full term last year

so I wouldn't be surprised if that was a pay to play (for a pardon) thing.

[dickthegrouch]

12. Anyone know how to prevent getting routed through STL airport by the booking apps?

Actually there's a number of places I don't want to be routed through any longer including MIA, and DFW.
Gonna make travel to lots of places (even if it ever gets reasonably safe again) difficult.

I use Kayak mostly.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Lemee guess. White governor backs white terrorists. Got it?

[The Jungle 1]

14. So we can point semiautomatic guns at the rich folks?

Wonder how that will work out.

[Dr. Strange]

15. Oh, you can do more than that!

While Kim Gardner's office was busy trying to get political donations using the McCloskey case, they forgot to show up for court hearings involving an actual killer. So the judge had to let this guy go.

So not only can you point guns, you might be able to get away with straight up murder.

[Lord Ludd]

16. Is the Pope C______?; Does the sun rise in the E__?

Do Rethug presidents/governors routinely p_____ the scum of the earth?

[lastlib]

17. That. FUCKING. TWIT!!!

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[marble falls]

18. They'll muck up again.

[ancianita]

19. White supremacy birthright: threatening the lives of others who get jailed, killed for protesting

their equal right to live.