http://www.examiner.com/a-711301~Judge_refuses_bail_to_armed_protester.htmlWASHINGTON (Map, News) - A D.C. Superior Court judge refused on Friday to offer bail to the man police say brought a rifle and two knives to a counter protest of an immigration rally on May 1.
Tyler Froatz II, an Eagle scout and District resident for the past 18 months, will be held in police custody until a May 17 court date after Judge John Hess expressed concern over whether Froatz posed a threat to the area.
Police say that on Tuesday, Froatz, was counter protesting at an immigration rally in Meridian Hill Park when he became embroiled in a fight with immigration rally organizer. According to police, Froatz bent the organizer's left arm and scratched her hand, before leaving the area to don dark camouflage clothing. Police arrived and arrested Froatz and found a host of weapons on him including a hammer, taser, and a loaded flare gun. In addition, Detective Robert Freeman of the U.S. Park Police testified that Froatz was carrying two knives including a "12 inch dagger-style knife."
A search of Froatz's nearby Jeep recovered a loaded M-1 rifle and ammunition. A map of a local embassy and a detailed, hand-drawn sketch of the park with lines pointing towards the center of the protest was found in the front seat of the Jeep, Freeman said. snip
Kristinn Taylor, a friend of Froatz who attended the hearing, expressed shock that the "nonthreatening," and chatty 24-year-old could hurt anyone.
"Like a lot of people who feel strongly about the immigration issue, he was out protesting," Taylor said, who added Froatz was not working for Free Republic during his protest.
"He didn't say anything about killing illegals or nothing like that."
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<snip>News4's Jackie Bensen reported that possibly as many as 20 guns as well as ammunition, swords, bows, arrows and machetes were seized from Froatz's apartment in the 5300 block of Eighth Street. Authorities said they also recovered a replica grenade and what appeared to be a grenade launcher, which does not work.
Authorities said they also recovered literature that may have been anarchist in nature.
An immigration supporter said he wasn't surprised by the discovery, especially after seeing a flier that witnesses said Froatz handed out at the rally.
The flier apparently depicted graphic pictures of pregnant women being shot by soldiers.