Members of the far-right Proud Boys violently clashed with counter-protesters at the Oregon State Capitol Building in Salem, according to videos from OPB journalist Sergio Olmos, including one showing a crowd descending on a single counter-protester to punch him, beat him with a baseball bat, and mace him with pepper spray. “Another Joe Biden pedophile right here!” protesters were heard jeering at one naked male counter-protester as others sprayed him with mace. The demonstrators had congregated in Salem after attending a nearby pro-Trump rally in a Portland suburb. The event comes a week after a rally at which a man identified as anti-fascist allegedly shot and killed Jay Danielson, a local right-wing supporter. After organizers said the official rally was over, a group of Proud Boys supporters traveled to Salem, some carrying firearms and baseball bats. The man who apparently threw the first punch at the counter-protester on the ground was later arrested, Olmos reported.
Proud boys bull rush BLM, take baseball bat to man, then proud boy punches man on the ground, woman then maces him on the ground pic.twitter.com/rouWGGm8bM
