An indignant driver in downtown Salt Lake Metropolis who yelled “All Lives Matter” from his automobile window whipped out a bow and arrow and geared toward protesters within the streets — who tackled him to the bottom and pummeled him.
“He received out of his automobile, yelled ‘that’s it’, and shot into the gang earlier than being tackled,” Twitter person @Gingersonfire wrote, posting a video of the incident.
“He was yelling and me, after which aimed his bow at a black man standing behind me. The black man noticed it coming, charged, and tackled him.”
It’s unclear if the motive force, who later recognized himself on a neighborhood tv information interview as Brandon McCormick, truly fired off an arrow.
A second video from a distinct angle exhibits protesters crouching behind vehicles close to McCormick as he swings the weapon round, earlier than a gaggle of individuals tackled him. The gang then flipped the motive force’s automobile, claimed individuals on social media, the place McCormick was dubbed “Hawkeye” after the Marvel character who makes use of a bow and arrow.
Police took McCormick, who additionally had a big knife, into custody, KSL.com reported.
A bloodied McCormick, with a reduce above his eye, later advised a reporter what occurred, claiming protesters set upon him after he shouted from inside his automobile.
“First I received beat up once I yelled, ‘All Lives Matter,’ then I pulled out weapons, then I received beat up some extra, then cops grabbed me and my automobile received totaled,” he mentioned.
McCormick claimed two black males “beat me by means of my open window” earlier than he received out with the weapon.
“I’m a modified civilian, I’ve modified my life, I again up the legislation enforcement,” he mentioned, including, “I do know some cops are unhealthy.”
The more and more violent demonstrations within the metropolis, through which two vehicles had been set on fireplace, prompted Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to name within the Nationwide Guard and Salt Lake Metropolis Mayor Erin Mendenhall to ascertain and eight p.m. curfew.
When the reporter urged him to see a health care provider for his reduce, McCormick mentioned, “I can’t afford to, I’m on unemployment.”
