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Report: Man arrested at Black Lives Matter protest is simply a misunderstood fire breather

9:08 AM EDT on July 13, 2016

Brandon Donny Lara

Outside of a peaceful, productive demonstration, the biggest news to come out of Sunday's Black Lives Matter protest in Bricktown was the arrest of Brandon Lara.

According to police, the guy with the "All Cops Are Bastards" tattoo etched into the side of his head was acting all suspicious at the protest by "wearing a bandana across his face, sunglasses and a ball cap." He also had "a backpack slung diagonally across his chest," which according to Paco Balderrama, is typically how police carry backpacks when they're armed. Because we live in sad, dangerous times where it only takes one crazy guy with a gun to turn a positive event into a jarring national symbol of tragedy, an undercover police officer stopped Lara to search him and ask some questions.