An armed man accused of impersonating a U.S. Marshal was arrested at a marketing campaign occasion for Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Los Angeles on Friday. 

The incident occurred at a theater in Los Angeles the place Mr. Kennedy was giving a speech on Hispanic Heritage. 

Mr. Kennedy mentioned on X, previously Twitter, the person was first nabbed by members of his safety element from the Gavin De Becker and Associates safety agency. The man was later taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department. 

“The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines, was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and belt clip federal ID,” Mr. Kennedy mentioned. “He identified himself as a member of my security detail.” 

Authorities from the LAPD mentioned that the person, who has not been recognized, will possible be booked with gun fees. 

Mr. Kennedy has been calling for Secret Service safety all through his bid for the Democratic nomination and renewed the request following the incident at his marketing campaign occasion. 

“I’m still entertaining a hope that President Biden will allow me Secret Service protection,” Mr. Kennedy mentioned. “I am the first presidential candidate in history to whom the White House has denied a request for protection.”

Mr. Kennedy beforehand made feedback to comic and podcaster Joe Rogan that he had “to be careful” about assassination makes an attempt from the U.S. authorities. Mr. Kennedy doubled down on the speculation that his uncle, former President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated by the CIA throughout his look on the favored podcast, 

Mr. Kennedy’s father, Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated 55 years in the past throughout a marketing campaign occasion in Los Angeles on the Ambassador Hotel. 

The elder Kennedy’s assassination got here two months after former President Lyndon B. Johnson opted to not run once more, a call that seemingly assured Robert F. Kennedy’s ascension to the White House towards Republican candidate Richard Nixon. 

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