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x-posted from GD: Member of Portland militia-style group helps police arrest anti-fascist protester
Related GD thread: Portland police asked militia to "help", militia recruited by GOP official
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Source: The Guardian
Member of Portland militia-style group helps police arrest anti-fascist protester
Video footage and photos of the rightwing activist aiding officers
fuel debate over the policing of a recent ‘alt-right’ demonstration
Jason Wilson in Portland
Friday 9 June 2017 01.35 BST
A rightwing protester who was filmed helping law enforcement in Portland arrest an anti-fascist activist has been identified as a member of a “patriot movement” militia-style group.
Todd Kelsay confirmed he was the man captured in photographs and video assisting three officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as they pinned down and apprehended the masked protester.
The footage, which shows Kelsay kneeling alongside the DHS officers, and then removing cuffs from the back of one officer, has fueled debate over the policing of the event last Sunday.
A separate photograph shows Kelsay, wearing a camouflage helmet and body armour, and the yellow tape that the event’s private security force was using to identify itself on the day, grabbing the unidentified protester by the scruff of the neck.
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Video footage and photos of the rightwing activist aiding officers
fuel debate over the policing of a recent ‘alt-right’ demonstration
Jason Wilson in Portland
Friday 9 June 2017 01.35 BST
A rightwing protester who was filmed helping law enforcement in Portland arrest an anti-fascist activist has been identified as a member of a “patriot movement” militia-style group.
Todd Kelsay confirmed he was the man captured in photographs and video assisting three officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as they pinned down and apprehended the masked protester.
The footage, which shows Kelsay kneeling alongside the DHS officers, and then removing cuffs from the back of one officer, has fueled debate over the policing of the event last Sunday.
A separate photograph shows Kelsay, wearing a camouflage helmet and body armour, and the yellow tape that the event’s private security force was using to identify itself on the day, grabbing the unidentified protester by the scruff of the neck.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/08/portland-alt-right-rally-militia-member-police-arrest
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