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Trump’s supporters are getting bolder. This time a man in Portland was seized by police after he interrupted a Black Lives Matter rally and then pulled out a gun after he was confronted.

Raw Story reports:

A local right-wing agitator, Michael Strickland, was backing down the street away from a few dozen people, including masked anarchists clad in black.

Strickland held a tripod-mounted video camera in his left hand. His right hand grabbed near his waistband.

Seconds later, facing the crowd, he pulled a Glock 27 from a holster on his right side. Assuming a wide stance and grasping the gun with both hands, he swung it from side to side, bellowing, “Back off!”

Several people screamed, “Hit the ground!” and dropped or dove behind cars, even as more than a thousand other protesters were unaware of what was happening and continued with the rally against police killings.

Strickland claims that he was shoved and feared for his life, explaining why he pulled out his weapon. Witnesses have refuted those claims, saying that no one ever touched him.

He did however get touched when police showed up in full armor and demanding that he lay on the ground and arrested him. He and an friend were both hauled away.

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