Shia LaBeouf arrested during scuffle at his anti-Trump protest live stream

The actor was cuffed and taken away in the early hours of Thursday
Jennifer Ruby26 January 2017
The Weekender

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Shia LaBeouf was arrested during a scuffle with a man during his anti-Donald Trump live stream.

The actor was seen being cuffed by NYPD officers and taken away after he got into an altercation with a Trump supporter who invaded the project in the early hours of Thursday.

According to TMZ, LaBeouf pulled the scarf of the unidentified 25-year-old man and allegedly scratched his face in the process.

The Transformers star can be seen talking with officers during the protest before being taken away, while chanting ‘he will not divide us’.

Walking right up to the camera, the unnamed man started saying the number ‘14’ into the camera, which is a rallying cry for white supremacists that references David Lane’s slogan "we must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”

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At first, LaBeouf tried to direct him away from the camera but the man then circled back around and continued to try and deliver his message.

Without touching him, the actor proceeded to shout his message over and over again into his face until he left.

The live art project, which is set up outside New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, has been open to everyone since Trump’s inauguration on Friday and will run for the duration of his presidency.

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