Louis couple who made headlines for drawing weapons on Black Lives Matter protesters pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges Thursday — as the unapologetic husband vowed he’d “do it again” if he had to.
Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and was fined $750, while his wife, Patricia, copped to harassment and was fined $2,000 to settle the case stemming from the high-profile encounter last year.
“I’d do it again,” a defiant Mark McCloskey, a lawyer running for Congress, said outside the courthouse.
The McCloskeys were ordered to give up the firearms they used in the June 28 showdown — but can keep the other weapons they own.
Images from the standoff show Mark McCloskey clutching an AR-15-style rifle and his wife holding a handgun as the marchers passed the house
The protesters, who walked through an unlocked gate onto Portland Place, a private road where the McCloskeys live, were seen exchanging words with the couple