The St. Louis couple who made headlines for brandishing guns on Black Lives Matter protesters who threatened their home last year attended Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Monday.
They listened to closing arguments as prosecutors contended the teenager provoked and killed two protesters and wounded a third person, and should be jailed. The defense argued he was defending himself.
Jurors deliberated Tuesday for more than eight hours without reaching a verdict. They will resume deliberation on Wednesday.
Mark McCloskey said he and Patricia McCloskey were supporting Rittenhouse because they “feel for” him, according to Insider.
“We think he’s been politically prosecuted, as were we, and we’re hoping that the jury finds him not guilty on all counts and he can go home a free man,” Mark McCloskey told Fox News.
Some protesters shouted at the 64-year-old personal injury attorney, while others showed support as he tried to speak to a reporter outside the courthouse. The staunch conservative is running for a senate seat in Missouri. He blamed “cancel culture” for Rittenhouse’s predicament.
Mark McCloskey stood outside his home on June 28, 2020 holding an AR-15 as BLM protesters broke down a gate and threatened his property on June 28, 2020. Patricia McCloskey was armed with a handgun.
Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and Patricia McCloskey to second-degree harassment in June. They were both later pardoned by Missouri’s GOP governor in August.
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