{"id":474637,"date":"2021-05-05T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474637"},"modified":"2021-05-05T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T18:06:11","slug":"watch-diner-reportedly-pulls-pistol-as-armed-blm-protesters-storm-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-diner-reportedly-pulls-pistol-as-armed-blm-protesters-storm-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Diner Reportedly Pulls Pistol As Armed BLM Protesters Storm Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-diner-reportedly-pulls-pistol-as-armed-blm-protesters-storm-restaurant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=474637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Justice-for-Breonna-Taylor-1200x674-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A Louisville, Kentucky, restaurant patron reportedly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Black Lives Matter protesters who rushed an outdoor dining patio during demonstrations over the death of Breonna Taylor on the day of the Kentucky Derby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLouisville Metro Police on Saturday evening responded to La Chasse, an upscale European restaurant located in the 1300 block of Bardstown Road, as protesters were marching northbound on the street. A restaurant employee told dispatchers \u2018that multiple armed protesters entered the restaurant property, which included outdoor dining space,&#8217;\u201d police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/louisville-restaurant-patron-gun-blm-protesters-kentucky-derby\">told<\/a> Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Hayes Gardner, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, tweeted several photos and videos of the incident. \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">For those who have asked, yes this man appeared to be armed, as were a few protesters. It was a tense few minutes,\u201d he wrote, adding that s<\/span>everal protesters also appeared to be carrying firearms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those who have asked, yes this man appeared to be armed, as were a few protesters. It was a tense few minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Louisville?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Louisville<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BAw7r99KMf\">pic.twitter.com\/BAw7r99KMf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayes Gardner (@HayesGardner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HayesGardner\/status\/1388671276005445633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDuring the encounter both patrons and protesters brandished firearms,\u201d Smiley said in an email to Fox News. \u201cThis incident occurred after the arrests of southbound protesters in the area on the 1500 block of Bardstown Road. The arrests of that group were made after protesters repeatedly blocked the roadway despite officers giving multiple verbal requests for them to utilize the sidewalk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some protesters stepped in and urged the demonstrators to move away from the man with the gun, and police arrived a short time later.\u00a0A restaurant worker told police \u201cthat multiple armed protesters entered the restaurant property, which included outdoor dining space,\u201d according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/louisville-restaurant-patron-gun-blm-protesters-kentucky-derby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taylor was fatally shot by police during a botched drug raid last year.<\/p>\n<p>The scene was reminiscent of another last year. Mark and Patricia McCloskey wielded weapons at Black Lives Matter protesters after a group of some 300 protesters came into their neighborhood in St. Louis on June 28.<\/p>\n<p>In July, law enforcement authorities in St. Louis executed a search warrant at the home of the couple.\u00a0Two local news stations,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/st-louis-couple-pointing-guns-at-protesters-served-with-search-warrant\/article_b815652e-c321-11ea-83ca-e7f071b7e021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KMOV<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KSDK<\/a>, reported that the warrant was carried out in St. Louis\u2019s affluent Central West End neighborhood.\u00a0KSDK reported that the search resulted in police seizing the rifle that\u00a0Mark McCloskey\u00a0was seen holding during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, the McCloskeys told police that they heard a disturbance and saw \u201ca large group of subjects forcefully break an iron gate marked with \u2018No Trespassing\u2019 and \u2018Private Street\u2019 signs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe group began yelling obscenities and threats of harm to both victims,\u201d St. Louis police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. \u201cWhen the victims observed multiple subjects who were armed, they then armed themselves and contacted police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September, St. Louis officials have announced that they will not prosecute nine people who were charged with trespassing in a private neighborhood, which drew the two gun-wielding residents out of their home and into their front yard to guard their property.<\/p>\n<p>The nine protesters had been issued police summonses this month, but City Counselor Michael Garvin said in a statement that \u201cprosecution is not warranted\u201d and charges would be refused, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/st-louis-officials-wont-prosecute-trespassing-cases-in-protest-on-portland-place\/article_a7650194-028d-5ca9-a996-f1535c0a5034.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Louisville, Kentucky, restaurant patron reportedly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Black Lives Matter protesters who rushed an outdoor dining patio during demonstrations over the death of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277377,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Justice-for-Breonna-Taylor-1200x674-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Diner Reportedly Pulls Pistol As Armed BLM Protesters Storm Restaurant","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Justice-for-Breonna-Taylor-1200x674-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Diner Reportedly Pulls Pistol As Armed BLM Protesters Storm Restaurant","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}