Trans activist arrested after charging into abortion protesters at Virginia March for Life rally
A 42-year-old transgender activist was arrested after he was caught on camera charging into a group of students protesting against abortion in Richmond, Va.
Noah Cleveland has been charged with one count of disorderly conduct after a video posted online showed the activist in a purple tank top, black leggings and a bright pink headband running into a group participating in the city’s annual March for Life on Wednesday, Capitol Police confirmed to The Post.
Cleveland could be seen holding up a transgender flag as he pushed into the crowd, knocking off one protester’s glasses and pushing people aside.
“Hey, watch it,” one person could be heard saying.
He was later seen being led away by police with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Students for Life Action Government Affairs Coordinator Savanna Deretich claimed Cleveland is “infamous” and has “appeared at events like this before.”
“He came rushing forward chanting something, and I knew he was going to attack, so I pulled my phone to record,” she said, according to the Daily Mail.
“He sprinted up to our people, knocked the glasses off people’s heads, dashed through our march sign and kept running.
“I saw he was arrested by police some time later.”
Kelsey McCormack, a freshman at Liberty University, added: “We were nearing the end of the march and chanting ‘We are the pro-life generation’ and ‘we will abolish abortion’ with our megaphones.
“Then I see the trans activist running and jumping, and waving the flag, come smash into the group and go after the big banner,” she told the Daily Signal.
It is unclear whether Cleveland has been arraigned on the disorderly conduct charge, and whether he remains in jail.
The Post has reached out to the local prosecutor’s office, which said it had not yet received a record of Cleveland in the court system.
