NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Two people were arrested after a protestor carrying a Nazi flag used his flagpole to strike a downtown bar employee, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
Police arrested 29-year-old Ryan Scott McCann of Ontario, Canada. He was charged with felony aggravated assault after using his flagpole to hit the bartender, 19-year-old Deago Buck.
Police said Buck had just been involved in a fight with members of a presumed Neo-Nazi protest group.
McCann was part of the group who carried Nazi flags and “spread white supremacist rhetoric” on Broadway and 3rd Avenue on Sunday afternoon, police said.
Metro police said a number of police officers were close by watching the group’s actions.
The group left Broadway and headed south on 3rd Avenue. As they walked, Buck got into a fight with one of the protestors, police said.
As the parties became separated, McCann hit Buck in …