The St. Louis couple that made headlines in Missouri this summer after pointing guns at protesters trolled a woman after she accosted the two as they were leaving a store.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who gained national attention after video showed them protecting their mansion with a semi-automatic rifle and pistol, were filmed by a woman who shouted “abolish the suburbs” while following the couple to their car.
“You think pointing guns at protesters is nice?” the woman asked in the video that was posted to social media on Monday. “F— you and your guns.”
That’s when Mark McCloskey exited his vehicle and handed a photo of him and his wife standing guard outside their palatial estate to a man who was standing outside the view of the mobile phone recording the encounter.
The Twitter account that shared the video, “Defund 2 Abolish,” said the McCloskey’s got 1,000 of these photos printed, described as holiday cards, and were signing them.
They got 1,000 of these printed and have even been signing them pic.twitter.com/LPAhR8IRAl
— Defund 2 Abolish (@314khalea) September 21, 2020
Nine Black Lives Matter protesters were cited with trespassing on the couple’s property in June, although they are not expected to be charged with the crime. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who charged the McCloskeys with felonies for brandishing their firearms and pointing them in the direction of the protesters, has been accused of using the prosecution of the couple to garner support for her reelection bid.
