A white couple pointed weapons protesters marching in St. Louis, Missouri, to demand the resignation of the mayor after she publicly read the names and addresses of people supporting a reform in the Police Department.
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Video of the protest that went viral on social media shows the man pointing a rifle and the woman pointing what appears to be a pistol at the crowd that happened next to his house in the exclusive Central West End neighborhood in Missouri city.
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In addition to threatening them with weapons, the video shows the couple yelling at the black and white protesters who were circulating with posters and slogans of Black Lives Matters. The group was about 500 people, the agency reported. AP, and they went to the house of Mayor Lyda Krewson asking for her resignation.
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The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said, quoted by USA Today, who responded to a call by a 63-year-old man and 61-year-old woman around 5:30 pm Sunday asking for a serious commotion on the street to be investigated and that they had been insulted. Police said the investigation is ongoing.
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The resignation requests come after a session on Facebook Live, Krewson read the names and addresses of several residents who wrote letters to the mayor suggesting that she remove the police department.
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Krewson later apologized on Twitter: “I would like to apologize for identifying the people who introduced me to letters today at City Hall. This was during one of my Facebook updates when I answered routine questions. I never intended to harm anyone or cause heartbreak. Updates are removed and again, I apologize. “
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For weeks, across the country there have been marches to pressure the authorities for police reform after the death of George Floyd and other African-Americans at the hands of the Police. Floyd died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis Police officer pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.
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Krewson was elected as the first female mayor of Saint Louis in April 2017 and pledged to work to reduce crime and improve impoverished neighborhoods. In its Biography notes that She and her two young children were in the car outside their home in 1995 when her husband, Jeff, was killed during a random car theft attempt.
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