A man identified by social media sleuths as police officer Rick Fitzgerald attending a Proud Boys event. (Facebook)
A police officer in Fresno, California, has been placed on paid administrative leave after being photographed attending a Proud Boys protest Sunday (14 March).
Rick Fitzgerald allegedly attended the demonstration organised by the far-right nationalist group which has long traded in political violence and being among Donald Trump’s most high-decibel supporters.
Fitzgerald was thought to have been spied among the crowds that crammed into the Tower District as part of the weeks-long ‘Save the Tower Theatre’ campaign.
But rather than seek to blunt the sale of the historic cinema, the Proud Boys rallied to support selling it to an allegedly anti-LGBT+ Christian congregation, the Adventure Community Church.
Fresno officer on leave after seen in Proud Boys protest
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