A man with a Nazi SS tattoo who tried to march with police at a George Floyd protest in Las Vegas, is now facing trial on charges of impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. Former Marine Zachary Sanns was arrested in June on the charges and indicted on Sept. 29. He pleaded not guilty on Oct. 9 in a U.S. district court in Las Vegas. Sanns ran afoul of federal law when he reportedly told police and sheriff’s deputies that he was a federal agent while engaging with the “skirmish line” police officers had set up for the protest on May 30. He was spotted armed with a tactical vest adorned with federal officer patches, a ballistic helmet with night vision goggles, a gun belt with a Glock pistol, and Taser, along with an AR-15 rifle that he carried as he walked freely among the real officers. Sanns’ attire and behavior were “nearly identical to how a plainclothes local and federal enforcement officer would be in this situation,” according to a court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. He was spotted by police several times, and slipped away in every instance due to the believability of his appearance. In […]

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