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The St. Louis man who waved an assault rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters outside his home with his gun-toting wife filed a lawsuit to have their weapons returned and nearly $3,000 in fines refunded after being pardoned by the Missouri governor.
Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, both republican lawyers, stood outside their property with an AR-15-style rifle and a semiautomatic pistol on June 28, 2020, as demonstrators heading to the mayor's residence walked by their home and were protesting George Floyd’s killing.
On Tuesday, Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark McCloskey, who had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, and Patricia McCloskey, who had pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000.
Mark McCloskey said in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in St. Louis City Circuit Court that Parson's pardon 'absolved him of any wrongdoing and nullified the charges against him and his wife,' The Kansas City Star reported.
McCloskey, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, argues that the charges were politically motivated and their weapons should be 'returned immediately.'
Mark and Patricia McCloskey stood outside their property, while they pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters who were on
