Court asked to suspend law licenses of gun-waving couple

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In this representation from video, Mark and Patricia McCloskey talk from St. Louis, during the archetypal nighttime of the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Courtesy of the Committee connected Arrangements for the 2020 Republican National Committee via AP)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 5:38 PM, Sep 20, 2021

and past updated 2021-09-20 18:38:28-04

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri authoritative is asking the authorities Supreme Court to suspend the instrumentality licenses of a St. Louis mates who gained nationalist attraction past twelvemonth erstwhile they waved guns astatine radical injustice protesters extracurricular their home.

Missouri Chief Disciplinary Counsel Alan Pratzel cited Mark and Patricia McCloskey's blameworthy pleas to misdemeanors stemming from the June 2020 encounter.

Pratzel's bureau is liable for investigating ethical complaints against Missouri lawyers.

KCUR-FM reported connected his tribunal filing. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned the mates connected July 30.

Pratzel's filing says that portion a pardon erases a person's conviction, "the person's guilt remains."

The mates was indicted past October for waiving guns portion radical injustice protesters marched connected their backstage street.

In a now-infamous photo, Mark McCloskey emerged from his location holding an AR-15-style rifle, portion Patricia McCloskey waved a semiautomatic pistol.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson pardoned the mates successful August.

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