Posted on 06/05/2020 4:40:57 AM PDT by marktwain
A Marine Corps veteran turned security contractor, who asked that his name not be used for security reasons, unintentionally took the internet by storm after a video surfaced of him disarming a Seattle rioter who had stolen a police officers AR-15 from a destroyed squad car Saturday.
The preliminary details of what happened have become distorted on social media, with misconceptions about a second rifle that was slung on his back as well as why he was at the protests that developed following George Floyds death in police custody. Coffee or Die obtained an exclusive interview with the contractor to set the record straight on what happened that day.
The contractor served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps infantry in 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, Alpha Company. After separating from service, he entered into his current career of military contracting, which has included working as a firearms instructor and in security, along with starting a community group on Instagram called Firewatch Official, a page dedicated to helping military and first responder personnel share their stories and quell demons that some carry with them. He said that he is in-between jobs, and due to financial strains incurred by the pandemic, is also in the beginning stages of starting his own company. When you get to the bottom, its like, where are you going to go but up? he said.
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Once a machinegun, always a machinegun according to insipid F-Troop rules:
Too bad the perp was allowed to walk off.
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