x-posted from GD: Member of Portland militia-style group helps police arrest anti-fascist protester

[Eugene]

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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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/08/portland-alt-right-rally-militia-member-police-arrest

[ret5hd]

1. What do you expect would happen if you were to grab the handcuffs...

of a cop while he was arresting somebody?

Me? I'd fully expect to be shot.

Is Todd Kelsay a cop?

[Kittycow]

2. I think the Portland Police will lose a lot of goodwill

from the citizens by allowing this. I know they just lost mine. It's a terrible precedent to set. It seems that three officers would be enough to pin the guy down. Where will it stop now?