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| St. Louis trial attorneys face backlash for pointing their firearms at peaceful protesters. |
Mark and Patricia McCloskey are now facing public condemnation for their now infamous standoff with protesters. The white couple came outside of their homes armed threatening peaceful protesters.
Protesters have made their way to St. Louis mayor Lyda Krewson's home on Sunday calling for her to resign after she publicly denounced critics who wanted her to support police reform.
Protesters were chanting to a drumbeat of "Let's go!" Hundreds of them walked Portland Place, a private road that the mayor resides on.
During the protest the white couple come out with their weapons. The couple are a St. Louis base trial attorneys for personal injuries. The couple own a multi-million dollar home.
The couple come out armed yelling at the protesters saying, "Private property."
"Get out! Private property, get out!"
Someone in the crowd shouted back at them saying, "Calm down." The protester yelled, "Then call the fucking cops, you idiot!" and "It's a public street, motherfucker."
A couple has come out of their house and is pointing guns at protesters in their neighborhood #StLouis #lydakrewson pic.twitter.com/ZJ8a553PAU— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020
The incident went viral.
To access Portland Place, the crowd entered through an iron pedestrian gate. The McCloskeys told the law that protesters broke the gate to get in.
St. Louis Police said that the couple called the law as soon as they seen the couple and heard a loud commotion.
The large crowd of protesters eventually moved on and arrived at Krewson's home a few blocks away.
Two marches have combined on Kingshighway in the Central West End #stlouis #lydakrewson pic.twitter.com/mTf49XvJC4— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020
— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020
— Daniel Shular (@xshularx) June 29, 2020
The couple had legal right to defend their property says law scholars. However, they stressed that they should have just called the cops instead of elevating the situation.
"The protesters thought they had a right to protest. But as a technical matter, they were not allowed to be there ... It's essentially a private estate. If anyone was violating the law, it was the protesters. In fact if (the McCloskeys) have photos of the protesters, they could go after them for trespassing," said Anders Walker, a constitutional law professor at St. Louis University.
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| Button down and armed. Two white privileged attorneys demand protesters leave their street. |
She stated she was "alarmed at the events that occurred over the weekend where peaceful protesters were met by guns and a violent assault."
"We must protect the right to peacefully protest, and any attempts to chill it through intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated. Make no mistake: we will not tolerate the use of force against those exercising their First Amendment rights, and will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable."
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| St. Louis mayor Lyda Krewson faces calls to resign because of her refusal to support police reform. |
Lyda Krewson is the current mayor since 2017. The St. Louis Police Department is considered on of the most brutal law enforcement agencies in the country. There's been incidents where police officer used excessive force and shot unarmed individuals who fled arrest. Some of the cops shared inappropriate comments of people of color.
St. Louis County is the adjacent community. It has a population of 1.4 million residents. Many of the communities in the county have police agencies associated with the county.
Ferguson was the nearby suburb where Michael Brown was killed by a dirty cop.
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