Couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters ‘accused of being anti-gay & repeatedly sued neighbors’

THE ST Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters have been "accused of being anti-gay and repeatedly sued their neighbors."

Mark, 63, and Patricia McCloskey, 61, last month turned firearms on protesters massed outside their home in a gated community after fearing for their safety.

Mark McCloskey sued a former employer for wrongful termination and his sister, father and his father’s caretaker for defamation.

The couple have been in a long-running legal battle with the trustees of their private Portland Street community over a small patch of land, the  reported.

The argument reportedly concerns a small triangle of land near the couple's house that they claim they have owned since 1988, but the trustees said it belongs to the neighborhood.

The outlet reported that an affidavit filed in the case included words by Mark, which said that he and his wife "regularly prohibited all persons, including Portland Place residents, from crossing the Parcel including at least at one point, challenging a resident at gunpoint who refused to heed the McCloskeys' warnings to stay off such property."