Remember These MFs?: Supreme Court Refuses Appeal From St. Louis Couple Who Waved Guns At Black Lives Matter Protesters

Posted on by Joey Percy Newton

The Supreme Court wasn’t trying to hear an appeal from these folk, over the possible suspension of their law licenses, after they pointed guns during a 2020 protest outside their house.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey got a lot of national attention almost two years ago for aiming an assault rifle and a pistol at Black Lives Matters protesters as they marched in front of their house.

Mark McCloskey, who is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, said he was “in imminent fear they would run me over, kill me.“

Protesters said the demonstration was peaceful and that not one of the protesters were armed or caused any damage.

In their appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court last month, the McCloskeys argued that any sort of punishment was a violation of their Second Amendment rights and their right to due process because they were “exercising lawful rights to bear arms in defense of the person, family and home.“

Mark McCloskey, a personal injury attorney, pleaded guilty last year to a misdemeanor assault charge, while his wife Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment in Missouri Supreme Court. They were also ordered to give up their weapons.

Missouri Gov. Michael Parson pardoned the McCloskeys, but the state’s Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel asked the Missouri Supreme Court to suspend the couple’s law licenses because of their criminal convictions.

The McCloskeys argued in the U.S. Supreme Court that lawfully brandishing firearms could not constitute conduct involving “moral turpitude.” Their petition argued that the court “has recognized that Americans have a long-standing and well-recognized right to protect themselves and their home.“

The Supreme Court of Missouri upheld the suspensions in February and placed both of them on probation for one year, while also requiring 100 hours of free legal services.

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