Two people were arrested for attacking counter-protesters during a pro-Trump, 'American Lives Matter' rally outside the Capitol building in Salem Monday afternoon.
Ty Anthony, 53, of Durango, Colorado, was cited on charges of fourth-degree assault and first-degree intimidation, a"bias crime" involving injuring or menacing a person due to their race, sexual orientation, religion or national origin.The rally ran from noon to 4 p.m. on Labor Day with about 150 people initially in attendance, said officials with Oregon State Police. Proud Boys, a right-wing group labeled as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were also in attendance.
On social media videos, a man can be seen pushing another man to the ground. A woman then walks by and sprays mace at the man on the ground., the man attacked and maced was videographer Joe Smothers, who has been documenting the protests in Salem and Portland. Salem police officers and Oregon State Police troopers responded and broke up the group. Two men were seen placed in handcuffs.
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