Michigan man in now-famous Capitol protest photo:
'I didn't scream in anybody's face'
DETROIT - As photographs of gun-carrying protesters in Michigan's Capitol building made the rounds nationally, one has emerged as a defining image of last week's demonstration over the governor's orders amid the coronavirus pandemic.
An unmasked man, mid-scream, yelling within inches of two police officers.
There have been memes and chatter on social media about the screaming protester, even misidentifications of him as a Los Angeles activist.
But he isn't from California. He is from New Hudson, Michigan. And his name is Brian Cash.
"Yes, that's me," the 52-year-old flooring installer told the Free Press on Monday when asked to confirm whether he is the man in the photo, taken by Jeff Kowalsky, a photographer working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) .
Cash, who said he has now been to four protests in Lansing in the past month, said he was demonstrating against the inequities of the governor's executive orders, which I have called "just ridiculous."
Cash said he wasn't yelling at the state troopers seen in the photo - "I didn't scream in anybody's face" - but at an officer positioned behind them who he said he saw assault a woman the day before. Three women were removed from the public gallery for the state House of Representatives on April 29. The incident was caught on video, showing a woman being forcibly removed. The incident prompted an announcement by the Michigan State Police that it was investigating the confrontation between individuals and House police.
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