(Minneapolis) The man arrested for assaulting Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar with a syringe, a regular target of Donald Trump’s personal attacks, is being prosecuted by federal justice for “assault” and “intimidation” of a representative of the American state, according to court documents published Thursday.
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Tuesday evening, while Mme Omar had just attended a public meeting in Minneapolis to demand the resignation of Homeland Security Minister Kristi Noem, a man in the audience stood up and doused her with an unidentified foul-smelling liquid before being subdued.
According to initial analyses, the liquid in question was composed of water and cider vinegar, we learn in these court documents dated Wednesday.
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Arrested by the local police and since detained for assault and battery, the suspect, Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, is now also charged at the federal level in particular for “assault” and “intimidation” of a representative of one of the three powers of the American state in the exercise of his functions.
In the past, he shared with a relative very hostile opinions about Ilhan Omar, believing that “someone should kill her”, according to testimony collected by an agent of the FBI, the American federal police, cited in these court documents.
Anthony Kazmierczak has a criminal record, notably for drunken driving, and has published messages favorable to Donald Trump on his social networks, underline the American media.
The attack occurred in a climate of extreme tension, three days after the death of a second demonstrator killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
This city governed by Democrats has been shaken for weeks by a protest movement against the massive and heavy-handed arrests of immigrants by the federal immigration police (ICE).
