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St. Louis couple, in RNC speech, to defend show of weapons

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 11:03 AM

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home will make the case in their opening night speech of the Republican National Convention that they had a “God-given right” to defend themselves and their property.

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