A white St Louis couple who brandished guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home in June were given a prominent speaking slot at the Republican National Convention on Monday, repeating unfounded claims by President Donald Trump that Democrats will destroy America's suburbs.

Speaking amid new protests over the police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin on Sunday, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who face felony weapons charges for threatening protesters with guns, said US neighbourhoods would be overrun by crime and lawlessness if Democrat Joe Biden wins in November.

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