Neo-Nazi protester who struck bartender with flagpole arrested for aggravated assault: Police

Background: X.com screengrab from WTVF shows July 14, 2024, street brawl in downtown Nashville, Tennessee following march of neo-Nazis associated with the "Goyim Defamation League." Inset: Ryan McCann booking photo. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.

Background: A street brawl in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, following march of neo-Nazis associated with the Goyim Defamation League on July 14, 2024 (WTVF/X.com). Inset: Ryan McCann (Metropolitan Nashville Police Department). 

A man from Canada bearing a Nazi flag in downtown Nashville on Sunday has been arrested for felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he used the flagpole to strike a bartender, according to police in Tennessee.

When announcing the arrest of Ryan Scott McCann, 29, of Ontario, the Metro Nashville Police Department said McCann struck local bartender, Deago Buck, 19, with the flagpole after the bartender entered into a “physical altercation with members of the neo-Nazi protest group” that had formed on Broadway and 3rd Avenue in Nashville on July 14.

McCann was detained and ordered held on $81,000 bond, court records show. He was also charged with disorderly conduct.

McCann will next appear before Judge Marcus Floyd on Tuesday. It was unclear if he retained an attorney as of Monday.

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