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"It was like the storming of the Bastille, the gate came down and a large crowd of angry, aggressive people poured through," Mark McCloskey said. "I was terrified that we'd be murdered within seconds. Our house would be burned down, our pets would be killed."Gateway Pundit reports:
Mark said they called 911 and grabbed their guns as they heard the crowd approaching their private, gated community on Portland Place.
The wrought iron gates of Portland Place were damaged on Sunday. Protesters marched to Lyda Krewson house demanding her resignation.
Mark McCloskey
"A mob of at least 100 smashed through the historic wrought iron gates of Portland Place, destroying them, rushed towards my home where my family was having dinner outside and put us in fear for our lives," Mark McCloskey said, and shared photos of the destroyed gate.
Despite his claims, video circulating on social media shows protesters opening and walking through the unbroken gate. It is unclear when it was actually damaged or who destroyed it.
The couple also claims to have received death threats from the crowd.
"One fellow standing right in front of me pulled out two pistol magazines, clicked them together and said you're next. That was the first death threat we got that night," Mark McCloskey said.
In a separate statement from their attorney, the McCloskeys said they support the Black Lives Matter movement and that "peaceful protesters were not the subject of scorn or disdain by the McCloskeys. To the contrary, they were expecting and supportive of the message of the protesters," the statement reads.
After a video of them defending their property was posted to Twitter, people began calling for their names, address, and businesses to posted online — which they were.@krezadennis has since deleted his account, after a Twitter backlash which included his own doxxing, and the dredging up of tweets supporting pedophilia.Someone identify these people. I don't know the area. Get an address. I'll help."Someone identify these people. I don't know the area. Get an address. I'll help," a Twitter user named Kyle Rezac-Dennis tweeted. "Sue them, ruin their businesses, help their employees sabotage their capital, call their kids, call their family members, call their country club — use capitalism for the weapon it's designed to be."
Sue them, ruin their businesses, help their employees sabotage their capital, call their kids, call their family members, call their country club — use capitalism for the weapon it's designed to be.
— kyle rezac-dennis (@krezacdennis) June 29, 2020
Within minutes, the couple's names, businesses and address were posted to the platform. The Gateway Pundit has opted not to publish that information.
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