Well, you know what they say: “stupid is as stupid does.” And apparently, Joseph Pryor “did.” Pryor was identified as one of the men yelling, pushing and shoving protestors at a Donald Trump rally in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday. Pryor’s Facebook page identified him as a future Marine, and until his appearance at the rally he was. He has since been kicked out of the Corps.
“Joseph Pryor demonstrated poor judgment in his use of social media that associates him with a racially charged altercation at a political rally. Hatred toward any group of individuals is not tolerated in the Marine Corps and he is being discharged from our delayed entry program effective yesterday.”
Numerous videos of the assault went viral, including one of Pryor almost following one protestor. Pryor took a screenshot of that moment and made it his Facebook cover page. Many, many thanks are owed to Pryor for making himself so much more identifiable.
WAVE-3 News, Louisville’s ABC affiliate, has the story. You can view their broadcast. And that’s a screen grab of Mr. Pryor’s Facebook page in the video.