The social media influencer denied taking part in looting in a tweet on Sunday, saying he spent the day 'doing our part to peaceful protest'
FollowingPaul, 23, was charged with criminal trespass and unlawful assembly, a spokesperson for the Scottsdale Police Department told PEOPLE. Both charges are misdemeanors.
"To be absolutely clear, neither I nor anyone in our group was engaged in any looting or vandalism," he wrote. "For context, we spent the day doing our part to peaceful protest one of the most horrific injustices our country has ever seen, which led to us being tear-gassed for filming the events and brutality that were unfolding in Arizona.""We were gassed and forced to keep moving on foot.
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