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    Here’s the original local TV report:

    https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/mccloskeys-served-with-warrant-police-take-rifle-shown-in-viral-pictures-st-louis-protests/63-c6059a94-528c-4fa5-8fea-4a87fba31f1c

    Sources told 5 On Your Side that police seized one of the weapons, the rifle, from the couple and they told police their attorney has the pistol seen in photos.

    5 On Your Side is not aware of any charges against the McCloskeys at this time, and the warrant served Friday evening was just for the guns.

    Late Friday evening 5 On Your Side confirmed attorney Al Watkins was no longer representing the McCloskeys, and that attorney Joel Schwartz had taken over. Schwartz confirmed a search warrant was issued at 8 p.m. Friday night, but would not say what was taken from the home. Schwartz also said he does not know where the handgun is.

    The line “warrant served Friday evening was just for the guns” is misleading. A search and seizure warrant is an application by a law enforcement official (or a prosecutor) intended to establish probable cause that a crime has been committed. The warrant lists what criminal laws allegedly have been violated. A judge is supposed to sign the search and seizure warrant only if he or she is convinced that probable cause has been established.

    Unless there is an underlying criminal investigation of these two Democrat-donating, Black Lives Matter-supporting trial lawyers, there can be no search warrant.

    What criminal law did these two trial lawyers violate? If we are at the stage where hostile local officials can simply railroad the law-abiding because Black Lives Matter, this is becoming rather dangerous.

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      As much as it pains me to say this, even bottom-feeding lawyers who sued multiple family members including their sister and their father have the right to defend themselves:

      https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/portland-place-couple-who-confronted-protesters-have-a-long-history-of-not-backing-down/article_281d9989-373e-53c3-abcb-ecd0225dd287.html