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I haven’t watched it yet but there is video of the whole thing somewhere online as well if you want to see what happened.
Crab rave
I know a few people IRL that were first person witnesses to what happened. From what they say, Leif was escorting families at the event when a guy in full crusader armor hit him with a megaphone, and Leif defended himself and those families with mace. Now, I’m a bit fuzzy on the other people involved, but there was supposedly some parent with his 12 year old kid who had a pepper ball gun pointed at Leif and a knife of some kind who also were involved. And yes, the KID had a pepper ball gun.
Edit: the guy in crusader armor is known around the Cleveland, Ohio area as the Alt Knight who pretty much protests anything even remotely progressive. Pic below.
Here is a (not that great pic) I snagged of him at a drag story hour event I was at yesterday. Looks like his mom bought him a new helmet lmao.
Does he have an Etsy store?
The exact scene I thought of when I wrote the title.
You have to install it manually, but it auto updates
Unfortunately, there’s also a record number of far right nutters running for Congress as well as other positions.
What’s also funny is he showed up to court to testify against Leif in his chainmail armor. I don’t think it helped his case.