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Brawl Breaks Out Outside Of Trump Rally

A Trump supporter threw punches at a protester outside the arena in Cincinatti where the President held a re-election rally.
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Man Charged With Assault After Punching Anti-Trump Protester


A Trump re-election rally in Cincinatti Thursday night didn’t end without a fight.

While President Donald Trump addressed his so-called “record crowd” at U.S. Bank Arena in downtown Cincinatti Thursday, a man punched a protester right outside the arena, according to FOX19 NOW.

Most of the protests held a few blocks away from the Cincinatti rally were reportedly peaceful until a man in a green polo hopped out of his red pickup truck and punched 61-year-old protester Mike Alter in the face. Within seconds, police rushed to the scene to arrest the man who threw the punch.

The alleged assailant, who was later identified as 29-year-old Dallas Frazier, was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge and escorted away in handcuffs. FOX19 NOW reports that he was taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center, where he was booked and held overnight without bond, and is scheduled to appear Friday in Hamilton County Municipal Court.

According to Cincinnati police’s criminal complaint, the “victim stated suspect exited a vehicle, stated ‘You want some’ then struck the victim multiple times in the face causing visible injuries and breaking victim’s glasses.”

After the brawl, Alter went to Christ Hospital to get checked out. He told FOX19 NOW that he was punched six times in the face.

Alter recalled what happened in the moments leading up to Frazier punching him.

“I was standing with a group of people around and the truck pulled up,” Alter said. “He was yelling at people. People yelling back anti-Trump stuff whatever, nothing specific and he just started getting violent and I’m like come on guy.”

Alter said that other people he was with told him that Frazier had circled the area around the protesters a few times before stopping, but Alter hadn’t seen
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FBI Identifies Conspiracy Theories As Domestic Terrorism Threat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation now considers anti-government conspiracy theories to be threats of domestic terrorism.
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FBI Identifies ‘Fringe Political Conspiracy Theories’ As Domestic Terrorism Threat

The FBI now considers anti-government conspiracy theories to be potential threats of domestic terrorism.



According to an FBI document obtained by Yahoo! News, the law enforcement agency has concluded that certain conspiracy theory narratives “tacitly support or legitimize violent action.”

“The FBI assesses anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to commit criminal and sometimes violent activity,” the document reads. “The FBI further assesses in some cases these conspiracy theories very likely encourage the targeting of specific people, places, and organizations, thereby increasing the likelihood of violence against these targets.”

Along with “Identity Based” conspiracy theories about Muslim or Jewish domination, the document lists Pizzagate and QAnon as “Fringe Political” conspiracy theories.

FBI Director Chris Wray warned Congress in July that domestic terrorist threats motivated by white supremacist ideology have made up a majority of the FBI’s arrests this year.

Far-right media personality Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory that Democrats were running an underground child sex trafficking ring through a pizza shop led to the infamous Pizzagate incident, wherein a Jones fan fired gunshots in a DC pizzeria.

The Florida man who sent more than a dozen homemade bombs to President Donald Trump’s political enemies had posted a horde of conspiracy theoriesabout Democrats and George Soros on social media.

And court documents indicate that the man who fatally shot mafia boss Frank Cali was motivated to do so by the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Additionally, the gunman who killed three people and wounded dozens in Gilroy, California last weekend promoted an extremist book before the shooting.
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