Essential reading on the McCloskeys, the St. Louis couple who used guns to confront protesters on a private street
On June 28, Mark and Patricia McCloskey say they felt threatened by a group of protesters who entered Portland Place, a private street in the Central West End.
Patricia used a handgun, and her husband used a long-barreled gun to confront the protesters. Their actions drew condemnation, but also support from the governor and the president.
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The couple was indicted on felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. The indictments were filed under seal Tuesday.
Mark McCloskey and his attorney Joel Schwartz speak to the press outside the Carnahan Courthouse after a court appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 6, …
The nine had been issued police summonses earlier this month, but City Counselor Michael Garvin said in a statement that “prosecution is not w…
The police department confirmed it issued citations to nine people but declined to identify them, citing provisions of the state Sunshine Law …
“This is their way of just trying to get attention, trying to get some notoriety,” Bush said Tuesday about the McCloskeys, the St. Louis coupl…
"We have a God-given right to defend ourselves, and the right of self-defense is one of the most basic civil rights, one of the most basic hum…
Gardner, a Democrat, filed a motion Friday to strike the Republican attorney general's controversial decision to ask that gun charges be dismi…
The McCloskeys are now forever associated with the latest trend in Republican politics, to find a wedge issue so outrageous that it must be em…
He said his controversial decision to seek to have gun charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey dismissed is rooted in the state’s long-hel…
They each face a single felony count of unlawful use of a weapon — exhibiting. Charging documents say he pointed an AR-15 rifle at protesters …
Did the McCloskeys stand their ground or commit a crime? State law suggests the latter. But white, rich people enjoy their own justice system.
The McCloskeys have a legal right to own guns. But their front-porch armed defense demonstrated an appalling ignorance of basic gun safety.
Parson also raised eyebrows by saying he would probably pardon the couple if they were to be convicted of crimes.
"Targeting law-abiding citizens who exercise constitutionally protected rights ... is an abuse of power," the U.S. senator said.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says that the city's prosecutor is attempting to take the McCloskey's rights away, and that he has spoken with Presi…
Parson said he spoke with President Donald Trump about the situation.
Public records and interviews show Mark and Patricia McCloskey are almost always in conflict with somebody, often concerning property rights.
Police served a search warrant Friday and seized the rifle that Mark McCloskey had brandished that evening.
A closer look at the confrontation on June 28, 2020 between Mark and Patricia McCloskey and protesters in front of their house. Video by Jerem…
The gate to Portland Place remained locked, and protesters eventually marched south on Kingshighway toward the highway.
In 2017, the McCloskeys sued to defend a sliver of property that they claim as their own and Portland Place trustees say belongs to the neighborhood.
‘I believe … the only thing that kept those mobsters, that crowd, away from us is that we were standing there with guns,’ Mark McCloskey said.
One protester who witnessed the showdown told the Post-Dispatch that marchers took notice of the McCloskeys only when the couple emerged from …
“They are owned by the property owners, and the owners pay for them, the street repairs and maintenance,” Bush said Monday.
Were the couple, as they stood on their own property, within their rights to point weapons at protesters? Gun rights advocates say yes. A poli…
The suit alleges the photo was taken on their property. The couple also sued Redbubble Inc., a San Francisco-based online marketplace for prin…
United Press International is considering whether to send a "cease and desist" order to the couple because of their use of a UPI photo as part…
A judge on Thursday cited improper fundraising emails by Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s campaign in disqualifying Gardner and her offi…
A Missouri appellate court denied the circuit attorney's appeal of her and her office's disqualification from Mark McCloskey's criminal case. …
The lawyer for Mark and Patricia McCloskey said Wednesday that President Donald Trump "contacts them semi-frequently."