A Missouri appeals court has upheld a request to seal the criminal records of two St. Louis lawyers who pointed guns at protesters marching on their street in June 2020.
Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Eastern District may allow Mark McCloskey to regain possession of two firearms he surrendered as part of his plea deal.
McCloskey and his wife Patricia pleaded guilty to misdemeanors in 2021 for the incident, which occurred during protests over the killing of George Floyd. A group of marchers had entered the gated Portland Place in the Central West End in an attempt to protest in front of the house of then-Mayor Lyda Krewson…