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A Jewish man who died after he either was knocked down or fell after a tussle with a Pro-Hamas protester had marks on his face, supporting the idea that he was hit in the face with what witnesses believe was a bullhorn or megaphone. The Jewish protester, 69-year-old Paul Kessler, died hours after he fell and hit the back of his head on a sidewalk at a busy Ventura County intersection, where competing protests were held on Sunday afternoon. While the sheriff wouldn’t identify the suspect, internet sleuths have identified a local college professor who witnesses believe is the person who got into the tussle with Kessler. As if this scenario isn’t bad enough, a video from the scene shows things got even uglier.
Here’s what Kessler was doing on Sunday. He was passionately waving his Israel flag.
BREAKING: This is the last photo of Paul Kessler taken just 5 minutes before he was attacked by an anti-Israel protester yesterday afternoon. I received photos and videos from a source at the scene. pic.twitter.com/QBbLIO0lBM— Christina Buttons (@buttonslives) November 7, 2023
Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff held a news conference on Tuesday to provide more details on the incident, which is technically a homicide in the state of California. Fryhoff and the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on Kessler said that the 69-year-old man had marks on his face believed to be consistent with the megaphone.
