re: This should be a bigger story: Evidence Tampered With In McCloskey Gun Case

I bet the McCloskey's own a pickup truck. And I bet they hooked a chain to the back of said truck, hooked the other end to the gate and floored it. The gate, however was very strong, and only broke in the middle. They they ran back inside to hide the chain.

I changed my wording in the original post because I thought I remembered it being a different style gate. The argument remains intact however.

The side of the gate that has the drop pin is still in place even after the top half was destroyed. The other half that swings open is still relatively intact. This half has the locking mechanism - which appears to be regular door style deadbolt like any exterior door in your home.

None of this changes the argument made. Nobody claims a "sympathetic individual" unlocked the gate for them, except you. You'd think that would be out there at this point, correct?

So we know that two "rounds" of protesters enter the gate, and it was the second round that had to have destroyed it based on video evidence. Lay out a logical scenario where this gate is destroyed for legitimate purposes by the second group, if they already had entry through an unlocked gate.

You're essentially arguing that the gate was destroyed just for funsies and for destruction's sake, because it was already unlocked. Tell me how that makes ANY part of this better anyway. Locked gate or not, these were not "invitees" as you keep claiming. Any idiot can see that much.