Overview
- Officers tracked the 20-year-old from Wynkoop Street to North Lincoln Street, where they say he tried to run before being booked on an aggravated assault charge.
- The confrontation followed a pro-Trump interjection at the downtown rally, with video showing the man shout a slur before a skateboard-holding individual took his glasses.
- Footage shows the man fall, get up, then be tripped and hit his head near a curb, with police reporting a serious laceration.
- Investigators say the arrested suspect is not the person seen taking the glasses, and the case remains open.
- Police did not arrest the injured man, saying his obscene heckling constituted protected speech.