A lawyer filmed wielding a rifle in front of protesters marching outside his home has spoken out about his actions. Mark McCloskey was seen brandishing the weapon on the steps of his property in St Louis, Missouri, yesterday.
He now claims demonstrators smashed down the gate to his estate and threatened him and his wife while making their way to the mayor's house.
The Black Lives Matter demonstrators filmed the couple waving guns at them as they marched through Portland Place, a wealthy private street.
Mr McColskey claims he feared for his and wife Patricia's lives and anticipated a 'Storming the Bastille' moment. He told NBC affiliate KDSK : "We were threatened with our lives, threatened with a house being burned down, my office building
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