(AP) — Nine protesters have been issued trespassing summonses for marching onto a private St. Louis street in June, a demonstration that prompted a couple to emerge from their home…
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Americans divided over armed civilians who flock to protests
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The scenes have become commonplace in 2020: People gathered at state Capitols with semiautomatic long guns strapped across their chests. A couple in St. Louis emerging…
McCloskeys, charged for waving guns at protesters, appear in court
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The attorney for a white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home said Monday that they were anxious…
Cori Bush shrugs off McCloskeys' vitriol in their RNC speech
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the white couple who brandished guns at racial justice protesters on June 28 in the Central West End, took aim at newly elected U.S. Rep. Cori…
St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, defend show of weapons
(AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening night speech of…
Trump questions election integrity as he's renominated
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump turned a surprise opening-day appearance at his party’s scaled-down national convention into an opportunity to question the integrity of the fall election, even…
Gardner fends off challenger Carl in primary
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, whose job performance has been lauded by some civil rights activists and criticized by President Donald Trump and other leading…
Gardner charges couple who pulled guns on protesters
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged a white husband and wife on Monday with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice…
Parson says pardon likely if St. Louis couple charged
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, told a radio host that based on the information he had received, it’s likely he would pardon a white St. Louis couple…
Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St. Louis couple
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., urged Attorney General William Barr on Thursday to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor, accusing her…
Trump 'focused' on situation with St. Louis couple, Parson says
(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says President Donald Trump is focused on and concerned about the possibility that a white St. Louis couple could face criminal charges for displaying…
Police search home of gun-toting white couple
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities executed a search warrant at the mansion in the Central West End of a white couple whose armed defense of their home during a recent…