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after his picture goes viralA St. Louis man who was pictured alongside his wife showing off weapons Sunday as protesters marched through their neighborhood has given an interview to CNN's Chris Cuomo in which he discussed the fallout.
Mark McCloskey, a 63-year-old personal-injury attorney, appeared on Tuesday's "Cuomo Prime Time," where he said that his "life has been ruined" after images of him and his wife, a 61-year-old attorney named Patricia, went viral and that he had fallen victim to "terrorism."
The group of protesters entered the street in the gated community where the McCloskeys live to demonstrate against Mayor Lyda Krewson, who lives in an adjacent neighborhood. Krewson, a Democrat, had attracted criticism from activists for outing the names of those who called for the defunding of police departments.
"They were coming at us until I displayed the weapon, and that's what stopped them," McCloskey said, adding that one of the protesters had brandished two pistols and told him, "you're next." The McCloskeys were filmed brandishing what appeared to be a semiautomatic rifle and a handgun.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/st-louis-home-owner-says-054139803.html
AllaN01Bear
(18,781 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)pdxflyboy
(678 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)Thats all that happened, and I have no doubt that youre sorry about it NOW.
-Laelth
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Nevilledog
(51,285 posts)Guns and alcohol don't mix even when you're not an asshole.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)Next time don't try too hard to be a bad ass
oasis
(49,484 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If you and wifey had just sat in the breakfast nook and continued pounding your mimosas, you wouldn't have become internet famous. Well, you've reaped the whirlwind now, you're all mad that nobody understands your murderous sense of entitlement, and you've belly-ached about it publicly. Please to be going away, now.
Between this guy and Zuckerberg, maybe the male equivalent of a Karen is a Mark.
Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)JHB
(37,166 posts)The Marks are pikers.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,500 posts)KMOV.com Staff
Updated Jul 1, 2020 | Posted on Jun 29, 2020
Link: https://www.kmov.com/news/couple-points-guns-at-protesters-who-marched-to-mayor-krewsons-home-sunday/article_afbb1b2c-b98e-11ea-ba7e-b3452007bfc8.html
and.....
Experts examine whether it was legal for St. Louis couple to point guns at protesters
Alexis Zotos
Updated Jun 30, 2020 | Posted on Jun 30, 2020
Link: https://www.kmov.com/news/experts-examine-whether-it-was-legal-for-st-louis-couple-to-point-guns-at-protesters/article_ef18bb82-ba77-11ea-8432-2b81e9df592a.html
KY...........
Iggo
(47,597 posts)You go around pointing guns at strangers, bad shit tends to happen.
Tarc
(10,478 posts)Sunsky
(1,737 posts)Can't always hide behind your gun now Mr. Tough guy. You're the weakest link.
brush
(53,977 posts)everywhere with video capability. Did they thing in that protest march of hundreds of people nobody would have a phone and video tape their racist asses?
Well, as I always say, if you're a racist, you didn't get your full allotment of intelligence genes. In other words, you're a dumb ass.
onethatcares
(16,207 posts)Experts examine whether it was legal for St. Louis couple to point guns at protesters.
I think you all know the verdict on that one.