A right-wing organizer faces a charge of illegal possession of a baton he was seen swinging at counter-protesters during a chaotic rally for President Donald Trump in Berkeley, California earlier this year. The Alameda County district attorney filed the felony charge against 41-year-old Kyle Chapman on Wednesday. Prosecutors say if convicted, Chapman faces a lengthy prison sentence under California's three-strikes law because it would be his third felony conviction. He is scheduled to speak at rallies in Boston this weekend and in San Francisco later this month. In a message on Facebook he called the allegations "trumped up bogus charges."

Source: Fox News August 19, 2017 01:07 UTC