Videos: US Couple Indicted After Brandishing, Pointing Firearms at Protesters

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the gun-wielding couple that made national headlines for brandishing their weapons at protesters back in June, were indicted Tuesday by a grand jury on a variety of charges that stemmed from their viral stance against Missouri demonstrators.

Appearing in the Carnahan Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, the McCloskeys were indicted on separate charges of exhibiting guns at the June 28 protest and tampering with a weapon. At the time, the pair pointed their firearms against St. Louis demonstrators who were marching toward the home of Democratic Mayor Lyda Krewson.

The couple told authorities that protesters broke the iron gate that leads to Portland Place, a private street. They have maintained that the demonstrators forced open the gate at their home prior to the recording of now-viral footage of the confrontation.

Protesters have said otherwise.

“We could see the rifle, people began to shout, ‘He has a gun!’ People continued through the gate,” Gray said.

“For them to come out there with their guns drawn, there was absolutely no reason at all,” he added.

The couple recently appeared in a pre-taped address at the Republican National Convention, arguing that they were charged with felonies for defending their home, while “not a single person in the out-of-control mob you saw at our house was charged with a crime.”

The hearing for the McCloskeys’ case has been postponed until October 14.

Sourse: sputniknews.com