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\u201cIt is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner \u2014 that is unlawful in the city of St. Louis,\u201d Gardner said.<\/p>\n

Gardner is recommending a diversion program such as community service rather than jail time if the McCloskeys are convicted. Typically, class E felonies could result in up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the McCloskeys said they were legally defending their $1.15 million home. Photos emerged as memes on both sides of the gun debate.<\/p>\n

Several Republican leaders have condemned Gardner\u2019s investigation, including President Donald Trump, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Sen. Josh Hawley, who has urged Attorney General William Barr to undertake a civil rights investigation of Gardner. Parson said<\/a> in a radio interview Friday that he would likely pardon the couple if they were charged and convicted.<\/p>\n

Gardner said Trump, Parson and others are attacking her to distract from \u201ctheir failed approach to the COVID-19 pandemic\u201d and other issues.<\/p>\n

St. Louis, like many cities across the country, has seen demonstrations in the weeks since George Floyd\u2019s death in Minneapolis, and the McCloskeys\u2019 home was initially incidental to the demonstration on June 28. Several hundred people<\/a> were marching to the home of Democratic Mayor Lyda Krewson, a few blocks from the McCloskeys\u2019 home. Krewson had angered activists by reading on Facebook Live the names and addresses of some who had called for defunding police.<\/p>\n

The McCloskeys live on a private street called Portland Place. A police report said the couple heard a loud commotion and saw a large group of people break an iron gate marked with \u201cNo Trespassing\u201d and \u201cPrivate Street\u201d signs. A protest leader, the Rev. Darryl Gray, said the gate was open and that protesters didn\u2019t damage it.<\/p>\n

Video posted online showed Mark McCloskey wielding a long-barreled gun and Patricia McCloskey waving a small handgun. No shots were fired.<\/p>\n

Trump spoke by phone<\/a> with Parson last week to criticize Gardner\u2019s investigation. Parson, when he was in the Legislature, co-authored Missouri\u2019s \u201ccastle doctrine\u201d law that justifies deadly force for those who are defending their homes from intruders. He has said that the McCloskeys \u201chad every right to protect their property.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gardner declined to discuss why she decided the castle doctrine didn\u2019t apply.<\/p>\n

The McCloskeys\u2019 attorney, Albert Watkins, said they are longtime civil rights advocates and support the message of the Black Lives Matter movement. He said they grabbed their guns when two or three white protesters violently threatened the couple, their property and that of their neighbors.<\/p>\n

Gardner, St. Louis\u2019 first Black circuit attorney, has been at odds with some in the St. Louis establishment since her election in 2016. Most notably, her office charged then-Gov. Eric Greitens with felony invasion of privacy in 2018 for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair. The charge was eventually dropped, but Greitens resigned<\/a> in June 2018.<\/p>\n

A private investigator Gardner hired to investigate the claims against Greitens was later indicted for perjury<\/a> for allegedly lying during a deposition. His case is pending.<\/p>\n

Gardner also has butted heads with police leaders, especially after she developed an \u201cexclusion list\u201d of more than two dozen officers who were barred from serving as primary witnesses in criminal cases over what Gardner called credibility concerns. The move angered Police Chief John Hayden, who also is Black.<\/p>\n

In January, Gardner filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city, the police union and others of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her out of office. The lawsuit also accused \u201centrenched interests\u201d of intentionally impeding her efforts to change racist practices.<\/p>\n

Several Black leaders in St. Louis have expressed support for Gardner, including U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, a Democrat, who has said protesters \u201cshould never be subject to the threat of deadly force, whether by individuals or by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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\u201cIt is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner \u2014 that is unlawful in the city of St. Louis,\u201d Gardner said. Gardner is recommending a diversion program such as community service rather than jail time if the McCloskeys are convicted. Typically, class E felonies could result in up to four years in prison. 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