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Black Lives Matter protester who ‘threatened to cut cops’ heads off with a handsaw’ and called them ‘pigs’ is arrested
A BLACK Lives Matter protester who allegedly threatened to cut cops' heads off with a handsaw and called them "pigs" has been arrested.
Jeremy Logan, the co-chair of a local Democratic Socialists of America branch, was arrested on a seven-year warrant in on August 30.
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The 40-year-old was apprehended by plainclothes officers as he was headed to a protest against brutality in Spokane.
Prior to Logan's arrest, he wrote on about his hatred towards police and support for the movement, according to .
He said, referring to cops: "I am not going to lie. I want to take these pigs' heads off with a handsaw."
"If there’s any movement of people, it’s a movement by people that want health care, housing as a human right," Logan said in the post.
“These basic needs for somebody to have a proper and dignified life, that’s what people are fighting for.”
According to the paper, Logan said his posts were fueled by the death of after being put in a chokehold by cops last year.
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Logan, who was arrested in an unmarked car, had a warrant out for his arrest since he failed to appear at a drug charge hearing.
In an interview with , Logan claimed he was abducted by unidentified officers.
The Spokane chapter of the DSA alleged the arrest was "politically motivated."
However, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich defended Logan's arrest at a Tuesday news conference.
He said: “I’m an equal opportunity sheriff, when it comes to people who want to hurt my community, our community.
“I will go after you no matter what your political leanings are.”
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Knezovich denounced Logan's social media posts as "threatening," "violent," and "-like."
Police had been keep track of Logan's social media posts since June.
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The sheriff said Logan was arrested because "he was a convicted felon with a warrant."
Knewzovich added that Logan "upped ante by making threats and his rhetoric was increasingly violent.
"He was escalating in his rhetoric and we removed him from the street."
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