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| St. Louis couple who aimed guns at protesters had run-ins with local synagogue | |||
| 2020-07-14 | |||
A St. Louis couple who gained notoriety last month for brandishing guns at Black Lives Matters protesters passing in front of their mansion have been reported to have previously clashed with a synagogue next door. According an extensive report about Patricia and Mark McCloskey’s in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the Jewish Central Reform Congregation in the Missouri city has been a target of the couple’s many legal battles with neighbors and acquaintances. Mark McCloskey reportedly "destroyed beehives placed just outside of the mansion’s northern wall by the neighboring Jewish Central Reform Congregation and left a note saying he did it, and if the mess wasn’t cleaned up quickly he would seek a restraining order and attorneys fees." "The congregation had planned to harvest the honey and pick apples from trees on its property for Rosh Hashanah," the report said. "The children were crying in school... It was part of our curriculum," Rabbi Susan Talve of the congregation told the local paper. The report included a photo of the note threatening legal action that McCloskey left after destroying the hives. McCloskey has previously sued his employer, his neighbors and his siblings, according to the story.
In 2014, the synagogue offered itself as a sanctuary for people protesting the police killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black 18-year-old, in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. The extended protests in Ferguson represented a breakout moment for the then-inchoate Black Lives Matter movement. When protests erupted after an officer was acquitted of murder charges in a different case in 2017, the synagogue again offered refuge to protesters.
Related: Mark McCloskey: 2020-07-11 Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated, Report Says Mark McCloskey: 2020-07-02 CNN’s Cuomo Accuses Mark McCloskey of Being the ‘Face of White Resistance’ to Black Lives Matter Mark McCloskey: 2020-07-01 ‘You’re next’: Armed St. Louis couple speaks out about what really happened and it doesn’t fit left’s narrative one bit | |||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 And the character assassination begins ... |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-07-14 20:00 |
| #6 If he'd have been a living saint, the Soros-backed Circuit Attorney would still be after him, so, yeah, these new revelations don't move the dial in any significant way. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-07-14 13:33 |
| #5 So he's an ass, he's a lawyer, of course he is an ass. But these are separate instances. His home was invaded, they tore down the get leading into his yard. The thugs were not there to sell Amway, they were there to do damage and hurt them. His threat was very real, very justified. Did the mob get arrested as well??? Kinda doubt it. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2020-07-14 11:10 |
| #4 This is an expansion on the local hit piece mentioned the other day. Doesn't matter. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-07-14 10:44 |
| #3 So he's a putz. BFD. What TW said. This is obviously aimed at changing the normals' opinion of them. If not maskirova, then a publicity campaign against defending yourself. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-07-14 08:02 |
| #2 You could pretty well stop reading at 'Rabbi Susan...'. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-07-14 07:58 |
| #1 Mark McCloskey reportedly "destroyed beehives placed just outside of the mansion’s northern wall by the neighboring Jewish Central Reform Congregation and left a note saying he did it, and if the mess wasn’t cleaned up quickly he would seek a restraining order and attorneys fees." OK, I can guess why he did it - and so can anybody ever been near to a beehive. "The children were crying in school... It was part of our curriculum," Rabbi Susan Talve of the congregation told the local paper. (a) I'm sure they were quickly pacified with store bought honey. (b) Rabbi Susan Talve. In 2014, the synagogue offered itself as a sanctuary for people protesting the police killing of Michael Brown Words fail. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-14 04:37 |