You may remember this incident which happened last November 5 in Thousand Oaks, California. There were dueling protests taking place across a street. A pro-Israel protesters named Paul Kessler was carrying an Israeli flag while a larger group of pro-Palestine protesters were shouting slogans from across the street. At some point, Kessler encountered one of those protesters, a 50-year-old professor named Loay Alnaji.
This individual is the alleged attacker, according to a source at the scene. In the photo on the right, a police officer takes information and the suspect points to the megaphone that was used to bludgeon Paul Kessler. pic.twitter.com/gA6cCP7LV2
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What happened next is a matter of dispute. What we know for certain is that after the encounter with Alnaji, Kessler fell back and hit his head on the sidewalk. He was…
