America's Power Couple is back!
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey's misdemeanor charges from June 2020 when they held guns outside their St. Louis home as Black Lives Matter protesters broke through a gate and marched through their neighborhood.
"We are grateful for Gov. Mike Parson's support in granting Patty and me a pardon for the political prosecution of defending our lives against the angry mob," Mark McCloskey said.
Yes, the guy named Parson is the guy that issued a pardon. How neat is that?!
Parson anticipated he would pardon the couple, adding they "had every right to protect themselves."
Mark thanked Parson for the pardon when it was officially announced on Tuesday, adding "there is still work to be done."
Before Parsons pardoned them, the McCloskey's reportedly agreed to give up the firearms used in the incident. Mark said on Tuesday he believes it is a violation of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution not to return the weapons at this point.
"In our case, the circuit attorney [Gardner] raided our home a year ago and seized the two guns involved in the defense of our home," Mr. McCloskey said. "Despite repeated requests and the later dropping of the charges used to seize our guns and now our pardon, St. Louis will not return our weapons."
"We believe this is wrong and in direct conflict with our Second Amendment rights. We are calling the Missouri General Assembly to pass legislation fixing this broken piece of law and protect Missourians' constitutional rights. We are eager to help Gov. Parson and the General Assembly strengthen Missouri's Castle Doctrine Law."
The McCloskeys were originally charged with felony unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering. The prosecution changed the charges to misdemeanors after the couple pled not guilty to the tampering charges.
Mr. McCloskey called it a "political prosecution" for a reason.
The original prosecutor for the case was Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. She quickly turned the whole thing into an absolute CRAP-SHOW, to say the least.
Gardner previously released all 36 people that St. Louis police arrested during one night of riots. So that tells you basically everything you need to know about where Gardner was going with this case.
Gardner's crew also altered evidence in the case because that's what corrupt attorneys do, of course.
Thankfully, Gardner was replaced by former judge and U.S. attorney Richard Calahan in December. After Callahan took charge without Gardner's political hackery, everything got toned down A LOT more.
Mark pled guilty to a Class C misdemeanor of 4th-degree assault, paid a $750 fine, and no jail time. Patricia pled guilty to a Class A misdemeanor of second-degree harassment, paid a $2000 fine, and no jail time.
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