San Francisco police have taken 30-year-old local Leor Bergland, who is suspected of injuring another man with a sword, into custody. As NBC Bay Area reports, he was taken to the county jail on several charges of attempted murder, mayhem, aggravated assault, carrying a concealed dirk or dagger and brandishing a weapon.
Several days ago it was reported that a man, reportedly wearing a pirate costume, the signature hat of Donald Trump’s campaign with “Make America Great Again” and a sword, concealed under his jacket, slashed another man in the hand in front of a popular roller-skating rink and fled, leaving him bleeding.
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As the police found out, it all began with a verbal dispute between the two men that started when a pirate-looking man approached the victim. The latter tried to grab the MAGA hat, but the pirate-looking man whipped out the sword and slashed him. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The police then went on a manhunt for the perpetrator, who also reportedly screamed homophobic slurs to another witness before the attack, according to the San Francisco Chronicle and some Twitter users.
However, several commenters have suggested that something was off about this story and suspected biased reporting.