Shaelyn A. Reed, a convicted child rapist, was arrested & charged w/felony assault at an #antifa brawl in Washington state. Police say he bashed a man on the head w/a baton before discarding the weapon & changing clothes.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 14, 2020
My latest report w/@li88yinc: https://t.co/99nw1QECIr
Graphic: Over the weekend, a group of antifa & far-left protesters tried to stop a patriotic rally outside the Olympia, Wash. city hall. Three far-left militants busted a man's head open using a baton.
— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 14, 2020
Shaelyn A. Reed, a convicted child rapist, was arrested for felony assault. pic.twitter.com/AhUBGmvuUn
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] A convicted child rapist was charged with felony assault stemming from violence at an Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...and left-wing protest in Olympia, Wash. on Sunday.Shaelyn A. Reed, 20, of Olympia, is accused of striking a man on the head with a baton in front of Olympia City Hall. Video recorded of the assault shows the victim bleeding profusely from the head. According to Olympia Police Lt. Paul Lower, Reed allegedly disposed of his weapon in a trash receptacle and changed clothes before being arrested. A juvenile was also arrested on misdemeanor assault charges and a third unnamed person is wanted by police.
This isn’t Reed’s first run-in with the law. In 2017, Reed pleaded guilty to second-degree rape of a child. He is a registered sex offender in Thurston County, Wash..
Reed is currently held at the county jail on felony assault charges. Police believe he was also part of a group of rioters who destroyed property at an Antifa and Black Lives Matter protest in Olympia on July 5.
Before the bloody violence on Sunday, a few dozen Antifa and far-left protestors countered a small conservative rally. As the two groups met, insults and curses were exchanged, with Antifa accusing the conservatives of being "fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
s." Video recorded at the scene shows far-left protesters physically blocking drivers from leaving the rally and photographing the cars’ license plates.