Armed man detained during RFK Jr.’s Hispanic Heritage event in Los Angeles
Posted on AllSides September 16th, 2023

What was supposed to be a celebration of the start of Hispanic Heritage Month led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was briefly interrupted when an armed gunman attempted to approach him. According to a Facebook post from the 2024 presidential candidate, the man was “spotted and detained” during his speech at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Friday evening. “The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines, was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip [sic] federal ID,” RFK Jr.’s post said. “He...