The man calling himself the First Amendment Protection Agency (FAPA) went live on YouTube Monday morning following his arraignment for felony assault charges in Ayer, Massachusetts.
FAPA announced that his arraignment was continued until March 27, 2025, due to what he claimed was confusion on the part of the prosecution as to why they were charging him with anything.
He claimed that a public defender was assigned to him as his case was called. He refused the services of the public defender, indicating that he’ll probably be hiring his own lawyer to defend him from the charges.
When a question came up about redacting the victim’s information in court, the public defender apparently agreed to have the information redacted, but FAPA objected over her directive and the motion was denied by the Court.
FAPA indicated that now that he had the victim’s information he was considering doxing the victim by releasing his information on his YouTube channel after his arraignment if police do not decide to drop the charges.
He also stated that if the arraignment had not been continued, he would have refused to enter a plea as he did not have enough information as to the charges against him.
The YouTuber has been charged with assault and battery, assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a person over 60. He faces maximum sentencing of up to 15.5 years in prison and fines of up to $7,000.00 for Friday’s incident, where he videotaped himself pepper spraying an elderly man outside of a dispensary in Ayers, Massachusetts.
FAPA continued to paint himself as a victim in the incident and continued to complain that he was arrested simply from a 911 call that someone pepper sprayed the man matching his description.
According to FAPA, the police had no other evidence to go on when making the arrest, according to FAPA, even though he had shown them his own video featuring his attack on the man with the pepper spray.
In a bizarre moment, he took time to chastise the criminal justice system in Massachusetts, claiming that a procedure dating to “the Salem Witch trials” would allow charges to be made against anyone as long as the complainant swore under oath that their accusations were true. He then announced that he was the “savior of good police” before turning his attention to promoting his new merchandise store.
FAPA’s next court date is March 27, 2025, and he claims he informed the judge that he will not make the arraignment in person as he’ll be in South Carolina on that date. He claimed that the Judge will allow him to appear via zoom for the arraignment.
