Female MMA fighter Tara LaRosa subdued an anti-Trump protester after the activist allegedly started a fight at a flag-waving rally honoring veterans in Portland, Oregon, on Sunday.
A group donning “Make America Great Again” hats participated in a flag-waving ceremony in honor of veterans “on the 12th Avenue overpass across I-84” on Sunday – a ceremony which attracted opposition.
Veterans Day flag wave over I-84 in Portland, OR #VeteransDay #America pic.twitter.com/c13xA5Xxtf
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) November 10, 2019
According to officers, a woman confronted the group flag-wavers, and tensions quickly escalated between the protester and a woman participating in the ceremony. LaRosa was there live-streaming the event. Her stream shows two women in a scuffle, with one hitting the other.
LaRosa went over and can be heard urging them to stop. At that point, LaRosa’s stream went dark, as she directly intervened to split up the fight.
Another video of the incident shows LaRosa on top of the woman, repeatedly telling her to “relax.” The woman, who claimed to be a professor, allegedly bit LaRosa in the chest.
One individual from the group can be heard telling the protester, “You assaulted someone.”
At flag-waving rally in Portland, @TaraLaRosa says she had to take anti-Trump protester to the ground after the woman allegedly attacked another woman. The group detained the self-described professor until police came. LaRosa says the woman bit her chest, causing an open wound. pic.twitter.com/LrPJLsMIO6
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 11, 2019
Women’s M.M.A Champion and Patriot @taralarosa uses Jujitsu to Protect people from a crazy leftist who was attacking people at a veterans flag wave in Portland ! Thank you @taralarosa 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/PhBBJq14ks
— Mike (Co-Host) Weaponized Opinions Podcast🎙 (@MikeWeaponized) November 10, 2019
“Get off me. I’m like half-naked,” the woman bizarrely claimed.
“I was just got done having brunch with my friends,” she continued, accusing them of “antagonizing the city I live in.
“Stop f*ck*ng trying to fight. We’re not here to fight,” LaRosa says in the video. “We’re just here waving flags celebrating Veterans Day.
“I can’t believe this. This has been my whole life. I’ve always had to be the person … to show, to fight,” the woman continued.
“You don’t know what Donald Trump is,” she added.
Another video shows the protester at the center of the scuffle attacking one of the flag-wavers first.
Here is the PSU “professor” in slow motion attacking a woman at the Veteran’s Day flag wave in Portland. pic.twitter.com/4V1uZ6hVH0
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) November 11, 2019
“I pulled her off using jiujitsu techniques … I keep people safe; that’s what I do,” LaRosa said, explaining her decision to intervene.
“Toward the end of our day, a woman came up & started berating us,” LaRosa wrote on Twitter following the incident. “She didn’t get a reaction from me so she moved on & attacked another women in our group. I had to break up a fight & put her down till the cops came. I had just started live streaming.”
.@TaraLaRosa says she was injured when the woman bit through her hoodie, shirt and bra. She has scrapes on her neck and knees as well. pic.twitter.com/k1nJCpDCdi
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) November 11, 2019
Toward the end of our day, a woman came up & started berating us. She didn’t get a reaction from me so she moved on & attacked another women in our group. I had to break up a fight & put her down till the cops came. I had just started live streaming.https://t.co/hVwIgugoFh
— Tara LaRosa (@TaraLaRosa) November 10, 2019
No one involved in the incident was arrested. However, police “referred the case to the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office,” KGW8 reports.
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