US couple who pointed guns at protesters in video 'were in fear of their lives'

REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant

The St. Louis confrontation has taken on added significance after President Donald Trump, who has already been accused by critics of stoking racial tensions in America, retweeted an ABC News video of the incident. He made no comment. Bryant said he was pleased with the pictures he took. On the one hand, he would have liked a longer lens to be able to zoom in on the man and the woman. On the other, the fact that he only had one camera with him meant he captured not just the McCloskeys, but also the protesters around them. "A lot of the photos out there focus on them holding the guns, but to me that's not telling the whole story," he said. "I wanted to show there were people protesting peacefully and they came to engage them.