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(33,221 posts)Jay Snowden, 51, of Whitefish, was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct, one day after he was caught on cellphone video having an apparent meltdown during a protest near Whitefishs City Hall in the wake of George Floyds police-involved death, NBC Montana reports.
Black Lives Matter? Snowden asked when initially confronting two protesters, video obtained by KRTV shows. Fk you! Fk you!
Snowden continued his tirade as someone in the crowd started to chant Peaceful, but the man was undeterred and proceeded to get in the faces of several other protesters, video shows.
He also swatted away several signs held by the protesters, video shows.
Fk all of you guys, Snowden told the crowd, including one woman nearby who had a Black Lives Matter sign.
At one point, a crowd encircles Snowden as he holds up his middle finger. An officer then tries to quell the confrontation by walking him away from the protesters, one of whom grabs Snowdens hat after he takes away a protesters sign, video shows.
Police said in a statement that the crowd of up to 70 people had been peacefully protesting until Snowden showed up and got belligerent. Prosecutors charged him after they met with police, NBC Montana reports.
The man who shot the footage, meanwhile, accused Snowden of driving by a protest held at the same spot the night before and giving the crowd the finger, the station reports.
https://nypost.com/2020/06/08/montana-man-berates-peaceful-black-lives-matter-protesters/
https://www.alternet.org/2020/06/white-montana-man-facing-charges-after-bullying-protestors-black-lives-matter-f-you/