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CLOVIS, Calif. (KGPE) - A antheral was assaulted implicit a contention regarding a transgender jock taking portion successful a way and tract lawsuit astatine Buchanan High School - and the battle was caught connected camera.
CBS47 Brian Dorman spoke with Josh Fulfer, the unfortunate of the assault. He says helium was fearful for his beingness arsenic helium clashed with the LGBTQ+ assemblage supporter.
Fulfer says helium was extracurricular of Buchanan High School Friday protesting a 16-year-old transgender jock competing successful the authorities Track and Field Championship.
Fulfer is known for his governmental opinions and says helium is not acrophobic to archer radical what they are - but this was the archetypal clip helium got assaulted.
"So we had signs that said 'Protect girls' sports,' and 'No boys successful girls sports.' We were retired determination for 2 hours oregon so."
While the lawsuit was taking place, Fulfer and astir 12 others were demonstrating astatine Nees and Minnewawa Avenues.
Around 4 p.m., they packed up and were heading home.
"When we pulled up to that aforesaid intersection connected our mode location determination was a idiosyncratic with a flag, a transgender emblem they were wearing a achromatic look mask, achromatic hoodie. They said thing to maine and I said 'Why are you truthful embarrassed to amusement your face? Take disconnected the mask,' and adjacent happening I know, they're coming up to the halfway divider wherever we are with a emblem rod and commencement hitting me."
Fulfer captured a information of the battle connected his compartment phone. The footage shows the idiosyncratic identified by Clovis Police arsenic 19-year-old Ethan Kroll cussing astatine Josh and hitting his conveyance with the extremity of a emblem pole.
He says that erstwhile the incidental took place, helium was with his woman and four-year-old lad successful the vehicle.
"I had my woman and four-year-old lad successful the backseat. My woman was the 1 who yelled 'Spray them,' and my lad was really crying successful the backseat, and helium was upset and evidently a small terrified of what helium had seen," helium said. "After 5 oregon six hits, I was capable to get my capsicum spray and pepper-spray them, and past they started hitting my vehicle. I ran the reddish airy and erstwhile I turned around, I saw Clovis Police already going toward the country and taking that idiosyncratic into custody."
Fulfer got video of the Kroll's apprehension moments earlier they were enactment into a constabulary car and taken to the Fresno County Jail.
"He started hitting maine successful the chest...out pugnacious connected this person."
Clovis Police said Kroll is down bars and accused of felony battle with a deadly weapon, vandalism and obstructing/delaying an officer.
Fulfer says helium inactive plans connected demonstrating extracurricular the way lawsuit connected Saturday and encourages everyone to marque their voices heard - without resorting to violence.
"I privation everyone retired determination to workout their close successful a peaceful manner. It shouldn't cross, you know, beauteous overmuch to termination somebody. We should each beryllium capable to person our differences."
