Authored by Mimi Nguyen Ly and Rudy Blalock via The Epoch Times,
An armed man was arrested by police at an event attended by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., after the Democratic presidential candidate’s unsuccessful requests for Secret Service protection since declaring candidacy in April.
Photos provided to The Epoch Times show the man, who was wearing a shirt with “EMS” on the back, being held in handcuffs by police officers outside the event venue in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon. Multiple police vehicles were at the scene.
Mr. Kennedy Jr. was at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, located at 4401 West 8th Street, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. The event was held at 4–8 p.m. PT.
A man is taken into police custody outside an event where Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was scheduled to speak at Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2023. (Provided to The Epoch Times)
The Los Angeles Police Department told The Epoch Times it received a call at around 4:30 p.m. reporting that a male was in front of the event venue with “a badge on their lapel, a gun, and a shoulder holster, and claimed to be a U.S. Marshal.”
A spokesperson for Mr. Kennedy Jr. confirmed the incident to The Epoch Times. Mr. Kennedy Jr. had not arrived at the venue yet when the incident occurred.
According to the LAPD, the man reportedly claimed to be employed for the event, but he wasn’t recognized by the security staff.
Police cars outside an event attended by Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr, at Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles on Sept. 15, 2023. (Provided to The Epoch Times)
A written note provided by an LAPD officer on the scene to a representative of the campaign, and obtained by The Epoch Times, states:
“Male imp. fed. agent w/ handgun and ammo exposed … claimed to be employed for event, but wasn’t recognized by sec.”
The FBI might take over the investigation of the case later, but further details of potential charges are unavailable until the suspect is officially booked, an LAPD spokesperson told The Epoch Times Friday night.
Mr. Kennedy Jr. expressed on Friday night his gratitude for the prompt action taken by the event’s security team and the police to ensure his safety.
“I’m very grateful that alert and fast-acting protectors from [security company] Gavin de Becker and Associates (GDBA) spotted and detained an armed man who attempted to approach me at [the event] tonight,” he wrote on X.
“The man, wearing two shoulder holsters with loaded pistols and spare ammunition magazines was carrying a U.S. Marshal badge on a lanyard and beltclip federal ID. He identified himself as a member of my security detail.
“Armed GDBA team members moved quickly to isolate and detain the man until LAPD arrived to make the arrest. I’m also grateful to LAPD for its rapid response,” he wrote.
Requests for Protection
In July, Mr. Kennedy Jr. alleged his request for Secret Service protection was denied by the White House.
“Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection,” Mr. Kennedy Jr. wrote on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
“But not me.”
The U.S. Secret Service, according to its website, only provides protection to presidential candidates starting 120 days prior to the general election, which means Mr. Kennedy Jr. won’t be eligible for protection until July 2024.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on June 20, 2023. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Mr. Kennedy Jr. called for the Biden Administration to provide protection again in early August, after one of Ecuador’s presidential candidates, Fernando Villavicencio—who vowed to fight corruption in the country—was assassinated.
Mr. Kennedy Jr.’s father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1968 at a hotel during his presidential campaign in Los Angeles. After the assassination, the U.S. Secret Service expanded its protection coverage to presidential and vice presidential candidates, according to its website.
After Friday’s incident, Mr. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X that he is “still entertaining a hope that President Biden will allow me Secret Service protection.”
Mr Kennedy went ahead with his speech at the Hispanic Heritage Event:
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This wasn’t a hit. It was a warning that they can come at anytime, anywhere, and he should stand down. This dope was as real as the morons who thought they were going to kidnap Whitmer. He probably didn’t know he was a patsy.
I know a US Marshal and have gone shooting with him. I don’t believe he goes about with dual shoulder holsters and Pancho Villa bandoleers of magazines etc. Just a Glock .40 S&W in a belt holster and usually a green uniform.
I’ll bet your friend does not have neck, hand and finger tattoos. I’m pretty sure visible tattoos are verboten in the US Marshal Service
He does not.
Asked an old locker room buddy-a retired FBI man back in the days when agents had a conscience-which is the most hard assed law enforcement agency today (about 12 years ago). After some thought, he said the marshals service.
Sorry kennedy worshipers……………Fake and staged by his staff for sympathy.
Who will be killed first: RFK, Jr, Trump, or Musk? That’s the real question.
A federal plant.
Blame the white supremests.
Why not the Russians? or Trump?
Is this the same Secret Service that closed the White House cocaine investigation without conducting any interviews?….
Anonymous Conservative on the issue….
Robert F Kennedy Jr gets a message from Cabal – His Tweet:
Article here., but not much more detail They tell us, “crazy people are everywhere,” or “you are bound to have people do this.” But I think those are just cover stories. I don’t think it is normal, nor do I think these happen organically, or get close by chance. Bill Clinton was hated. I loathed him when he was President. But all that contempt, by the conservatives, who had the guns, and nobody ever tried to kill him. Because the killers like that are such a rare phenomenon that Clinton never had even one, despite all the hatred. The killers you see are sent in by the conspiracy. RFK is not controversial. He is not somebody they have ginned all this hatred up for. He is as plain-Jane as they come. The guy who did this, was sent in by somebody, and he was designed to be obvious, and be intercepted. There may be more to come, and they will not be made to be stopped.
And the strangest thing? Secret Service has to know all this. They are not operating below us, with less intelligence than we have. We do not know things about Jack and Bobby which have escaped Secret Service. And yet, as with the people hit with the Havana weapon on White House grounds, there must be things Secret Service must not be allowed to investigate, rocks they are not allowed to overturn, places they are forbidden to go. Who does the forbidding, and how? And that is impressive because they have to have a few ultra-Alphas, who would rebel against the constraints. But they are all contained. Which makes me think, RFK may be better off with his own security, if he can find security he can trust. Obviously, since this one was intended to be caught, he is probably not the best test of that operation. But I think we will find out before all is said and done whether or not his security was compromised. It is a very strange world.
Mmmm-hmmm…
I’ll bet he is “known” to the FIB and has a handler.
100%
Kennedy should work with Trump to contract some decent protection.
Hear tell Trump kept his own private security detail even after being elected.
Much to Secret Service chagrin.
That’s how much trust Trump had in the Secret Service, and he didn’t even have any direct relatives murdered ostensibly due to their failures…
Once again, nobody cares about your safety and health as much as you do.
Why would anybody delegate that responsibility to the government?
Just a show. RFKjr is in on it. Never trust a Democrat.
NEVER trust a politician. @ ANY level.
Vote. HARDER!
What a Coincidence – Potential RFK Jr Assassin Had Same Last Name as El Chappo’s Wife, Who Was Released from Federal Prison The Day Before:
I hope RFK Jr. sticks with Gavin de Becker and Associates (GDBA) for his security. The Secret Service enabled and likely participated in the murder of his uncle, president JFK. Of all people, I’d expect a Kennedy would be wary of trusting the Secret Service for their protection.
Hell, with President Dementia either asleep in his basement throughout the upcoming campaign season or in the shower with his daughter there would be no need for extensive Secret Service coverage. Might as well divert that coverage to the other candidate.
owned by the cabal, his true identity will never be revealed and he will disappear from our memories to return at a later date, but with a different name…