Saturday 11 July 2020

Ken and Karen Update

The lawyers Mark and Patricia McClosky have experienced further harassment from the angry mob that entered their private estate last month. Threats have continued against the couple. People have returned to gather outside their Palazzo style mansion in St Louis, Missouri USA expressing intent to kill them and burn down the house. Others shout that they just want to steal the house. When the couple's dog barked at the intruders the mob threatened to kill it. The police have taken no action at all against the rioters, yet that have instead raided the McCloskys' house and confiscated their weapons, the assault rifle and pistol that they used to defend their property. Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8512349/Police-raid-house-gun-toting-St-Louis-lawyer-couple.html. No charges so far have been filed against the McCloskys and Missouri does have an open-carry policy on firearms; however one public prosecutor is trying to charge them for "exhibiting a weapon readily capable of lethal use in an angry or threatening manner in the presence of one or more persons.". However, are people not permitted to warn others of their intention to use lawful force in self-defence? It is true that Mr McClosky held the rifle in a levelled position and Mrs McClosky had her trigger finger on. That was bad "firearms etiquette" and there was a risk that somebody might have been shot by accident, but it is a small risk and the lawyers were being provoked. Threats against the couple have continued, yet there have been no attempts to address this by the authorities. This double-standard of treatment under the law is repeated over and over; there are dozens of examples from around the world. It appears that the 2020 riots are another Kristallnacht in which the state passively supports criminal activity through its inaction. That is very revealing. At least now everybody can see that double-standard for what it is. The McCloskys have been advised by a security company to abandon their home, but they have refused. They are currently trying to have their weapons returned to them.

2 comments:

Adrian said...

I appreciate your concern for this couple Ben but statistically way more poor whites are victims of black violence including murder. Rich people in gated communities seldom suffer from the brutality of the black savage mob. I pity the economically deprived whites who are forced to live in mainly black ghettos

Ben Emlyn-Jones said...

Hi Adrian. Yes, same here. They are just an example. Most of us, including me, don't have such secure homes. Also in my country private citizens are not allowed to own guns.