Bethesda, Maryland – A 60-year-previous Maryland man was arrested Friday after a video appeared to indicate him violently seize an object from a younger grownup who was posting indicators protesting the loss of life of George Floyd, park police stated.
The Maryland-National Capital Park Police stated in a information launch that Anthony Brennan III, of Kensington, Maryland, was charged with three counts of second-diploma assault.
Police stated the incident occurred Monday on the Capital Crescent Trail. The path runs alongside MacArthur Boulevard in northwest Washington D.C. and into Montgomery County in Maryland.
Anthony Brennan III is seen in a mug shot following his arrest Friday after a video appeared to indicate him violently seize an object from a younger grownup who was posting indicators protesting the loss of life of George Floyd. | MARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK POLICE / VIA AP
The 34-second video exhibits a bike owner stroll as much as a younger grownup. Someone yells, “She has nothing, do not touch her sir!” however the man grabs her arm for a number of seconds and wrestles an object from her.
The bike owner was then proven selecting up his bicycle, working with it towards the individual taking pictures the video and forcing him to the bottom.
It was not instantly clear whether or not Brennan has an lawyer who might touch upon the costs.
Brennan appeared to have been an worker of MadeToOrder, Inc., a branding firm that helps create promotional merchandise.
Shortly after Brennan’s arrest was introduced, the corporate tweeted an announcement that it had fired an worker who had “engaged in disturbing, wrongful, and completely unacceptable behavior directed towards peaceful demonstrators.”
The group of people stated they had been placing up flyers close to Dalecarlia Tunnel in Bethesda selling justice for Floyd. Bystander video confirmed a Minneapolis police officer urgent his knee on Floyd’s neck, ignoring Floyd’s “I can’t breathe” cries and staying on him even after he stopped shifting.
