{"id":16341,"date":"2021-08-03T23:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T04:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=16341"},"modified":"2021-08-04T00:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T05:58:55","slug":"missouri-governor-mike-parson-pardons-st-louis-couple-mark-and-patricia-mccloskey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/missouri-governor-mike-parson-pardons-st-louis-couple-mark-and-patricia-mccloskey\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Governor Mike Parson pardons St. Louis couple Mark and Patricia McCloskey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image credit: Laurie Skrivan\/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP.\u00a0 Mark and Patricia McCloskey standing in front their house in St. Louis on June 28, 2020.<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank God the Missouri Governor pardoned attorneys Mark Patricia and Patricia McCloskey (husband and wife).\u00a0 I hope the McCloskeys are doing well and that the St. Louis prosecuting attorney Kimberly Gardner is kept on a short leash (and if possible face criminal charges herself).<\/p>\n

The associated press covered the McCloskey pardons in this article earlier today:<\/p>\n

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Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
August 3, 2021<\/span><\/div>\n
By JIM SALTER<\/span><\/div>\n

Excerpt:<\/p>\n

“O\u2019FALLON, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday 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\u2019s home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.”<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“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\u2019s house nearby in one of hundreds of similar demonstrations around the country after George Floyd\u2019s death. The couple also said the group was trespassing on a private street.<\/em><\/p>\n

“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.”<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Read entire article at: https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/michael-brown-st-louis-20062ccc6593bd91757ad1ea4a190db5<\/a><\/p>\n

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