Missouri Couple Points Guns at Protesters Outside Home of St. Louis Mayor

A man and woman pointed guns at passing protesters who were on their way to the residence of St Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson on June 28.

In video posted to Twitter by averyrisch, the man was seen pointing a rifle at protesters while a woman held a pistol and appeared to be speaking to the passing crowd.

The incident happened on Portland Place, which is a private street in St Louis.

Protesters marched to gather outside of St Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s residence after she read out the names and addresses of people who wanted to defund the police in a video since deleted from Facebook, according to reports.

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