title: feds warn nyc officials about possible al qaeda attack
text: the man behind the trump rally disturbance in reno  
  usa today 
  the man who caused a commotion at a donald trump rally saturday said hes a registered republican who wanted only to show his displeasure with his partys nominee 
  members of the audience at the event for the gop presidential nominee tackled austyn crites  of reno after someone yelled gun while others were trying to rip away his antitrump sign 
  i just went with sign that said republicans against trump  crites said its a sign that you can find online i held up the sign and initially people around me were just booing me telling me to get out of there then a couple of these guys tried grabbing the sign out of my hands 
  crites had no weapon secret service agents later released a statement to that effect and let him go without charges 
  agents whisked trump offstage because crites was near the front of the auditorium at the renosparks convention center 
  crites said he holds no ill will toward the secret service or reno police who were just doing their job 
  i was trying to get the secret services attention for them to respond said michael newton  of santa rosa calif who helped restrain crites they didnt respond i thought i had to do something i put my knee on what i think was his head so im not really sure there were five guys on him and he was moving i tried to help them immobilize him in final colorado push trump urges supporters to handdeliver ballots 
  newton said he felt as if crites were the aggressor 
  i saw his hand contact someones face he said maybe two people 
  crites said he didnt strike anyone but after he was taken to the ground he felt as if he were being mobbed 
  multiple people just tackled me down kicking me choking me and just beating me up he said thats when things even got crazier i was on the ground and people were holding my arms legs and i kept saying i can barely breathe i was turning my neck just to get a little bit of air to keep from passing out 
  thats when police intervened taking crites away in handcuffs 
  newtons partner donald newton  of santa rosa took video of the immediate aftermath 
  the secret service said its investigation is ongoing the agency uses magnetometers at presidential campaign sites making it difficult for weapons to be smuggled into events 
  whats baffling to crites is how anyone could have thought he had a gun his sign was in the air for some time and he wasnt making any sudden movements he said 
  it wasnt like they noticed something suspicious and tackled me crites said thats not the case 
  he said he backs some gop candidates and just wanted to voice frustration with trump not cause panic 
  i love all the people in that rally he said were all fellow americans theyre doing their patriotic duty they support their candidate im just there showing that im a republican im all of your peoples brother i just have a slight difference of opinion 
  later on facebook crites wrote that he has no connection with the campaign of democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton but has canvassed for her for about three hours contributed to her campaign and voted for her 
  take what happened to me tonight as a classic example of dictator incitement of violence  against your own republican brother with a stupid sign he wrote the post and his entire account were taken down soon afterward as some trump supporters on social media called him a clinton thughillary shill and trump assassin 
  shortly after the incident at the rally trump returned to the stage to raucous applause thanking the secret service and launching back into his prepared remarks his campaign later issued a statement also thanking the secret service and his supporters 
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