ST. LOUIS — Personal-injury lawyers Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who pointed a rifle and pistol at protesters Sunday night in front of their Portland Place mansion, said through their lawyer Monday that they felt threatened by two “bad actors” who destroyed an iron gate to their private street and lobbed insults at them.
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A man and a woman stood outside a home on the private Portland Place in the Central West End, yelling and pointing guns at protesters as they walked by.
Photos: Protesters march to Mayor Krewson's home
Protesters march to mayor's house
A protester's sign calls for the resignation of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson as they hold a rally in front of her home on Lake Avenue in the Central West End on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
CWE couple display guns during protest
Armed homeowners Mark T. and Patricia N. McCloskey standing in front their house along Portland Place as they confront protesters marching on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. No shots were fired and the protesters moved on. The protesters called for to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
CWE couple display guns during protest
An armed homeowner Patricia McCloskey stands in her front lawn along Portland Place confronting protesters as they march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. No shots were fired and the protesters moved on. The protesters called for Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
CWE couple display guns during protest
An armed homeowner Patricia McCloskey stands in her front lawn along Portland Place confronting protesters as they march on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. No shots were fired and the protesters moved on. The protesters called for to Mayor Lyda Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to mayor's house
Neighbors of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson watch as protesters hold a rally in front of her home on Lake Avenue on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to mayor's house
Hundreds of protesters march down Waterman Boulevard headed to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house on Lake Avenue on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
One man's attempt to throw off the protesters
A neighbor of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson tries to remove a protester-painted arrow to divert marchers along the route to the mayor's home at Lake Avenue and Waterman Boulevard in the Central West End on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Three protest groups are expected Sunday evening after the mayor gave names and addresses of those wishing to close the city?s medium security jail known as the workhouse. Numerous yellow arrows have been painted from Kingshighway to her house which is surrounded by metal barricades. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house
After breaking down the barricades, Bishop Derrick Robinson leads protesters in a chant in front of Mayor Lyda Krewson' house demanding her resignation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house
After breaking down the barricades, protesters stand on Mayor Lyda Krewson's lawn demanding her resignation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house
After breaking down the barricades, protesters stand on Mayor Lyda Krewson's front steps demanding her resignation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house
Protesters call for Mayor Lyda Krewson's resignation by painting RESIGN on the street in front of her house on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Protesters march to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house
Armed homeowners, Mark T. . McCloskey, stands on his veranda in the eastern side his house along Portland Place, as protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's house Sunday, June 28, 2020, in the Central West End of St. Louis. No shots were fired and the protesters marched on. The protesters called for Krewson's resignation for releasing the names and addresses of residents who suggested defunding the police department. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Watch now: St. Louis couple pulls firearms on protesters cutting through their private street
Protesters march to mayor's house
Neighbors of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson watch as protesters hold a rally in front of her home on Lake Avenue on Sunday, June 28, 2020. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
