A white couple in St. Louis pictured holding a handgun and a semiautomatic rifle aimed at a group of Black protesters who had taken to the streets calling for the resignation of Mayor Lyda Krewson on Saturday.
Days later local investigators have vowed to launch an investigation into the incident, which stoked fear and intimidation through a tactic used to silence protesters who were marching towards Krewson’s home, with the threat of possible death.
“I am alarmed at the events that occurred over the weekend, where peaceful protesters were met by guns and a violent assault,” Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner said on Monday according to USA Today.
Protesters were enraged regarding a King Louis IX statue which sat in a public park in St. Louis.
After the gun brandishing and an assault that occurred near the statue site, Gardner announced plans to launch an investigation.
