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Anthony Brennan III of Kensington pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of misdemeanor assault this past June, when he aggressively confronted teens who were putting up anti-racism fliers along the Capital Crescent Trail. The incident, captured on video, went viral. Brennan was arrested soon afterward; the
Washington Post reports some of his neighbors tipped off police, who used “recognition software” to match images from the video to Brennan’s drivers license photo.
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Bethesda bike-trail assailant pleads guilty to assault in flier-snatching case Dan Morse
Replay Video UP NEXT A 61-year-old Maryland man pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges Wednesday for attacking three people as they posted anti-police-brutality fliers this summer along a bicycle trail in Bethesda. The encounter, captured on video in one of the most affluent areas of the Washington region, exploded across the Internet at a time when Americans were taking to the streets in mass demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd. The suspect, Anthony Bernard Brennan, became an instant symbol of resistance to calls for police reform a mantle his attorneys have long said was unfairly bestowed.