ST. LOUIS – Mark McCloskey, who made headlines in 2020 by waving weapons with his wife at racial injustice protesters, is requesting that the courts expunge a conviction tied to that incident.

McCloskey, a personal injury attorney, filed a petition for expungement Tuesday through the St. Louis Circuit Court, per Missouri court records.

“This form is used to ask the court to order agencies that have arrest records pertaining to a specific incident in which the applicant was involved to destroy those records,” according to Missouri’s online court database.

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Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor fourth-degree assault charge in 2021, while his wife Patricia pleaded guilty to a harassment charge. Both avoided jail time, but courts ordered both to surrender their firearms.

McCloskey’s latest court motion asks the court to expunge the fourth-degree assault charge and to return a $750 fine. If granted, an expungement would erase the charge and give him a clean record.

The McCloskeys, both lawyers in their 60s, claimed they felt threatened when demonstrators walked onto their private street during global protests that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Mark McCloskey emerged from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, and Patricia McCloskey waved a semi-automatic pistol.

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Photos and cellphone video captured the confrontation, which drew widespread attention and made the couple heroes to some and villains to others. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.

In January 2022, the City Counselor’s Office said that Parson’s pardon obliterated the conviction, but not the plea agreement in which McCloskey forfeited the guns.

Mark McCloskey also campaigned for a Missouri U.S. Senate seat in 2022 that ultimately went to Eric Schmitt.

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