Potsdam, N.Y. — A 19-year-old North Country man was charged after police said he drove erratically through a “No Kings” protest in the village of Potsdam over the weekend.

Gage Chapman was driving a pickup truck during Saturday’s “No Kings” protest on Main Street in Potsdam when police received reports that he was intentionally squealing his tires and creating smoke to disrupt the event, according to Lt. Corbin Gates-Shult, a spokesperson for the Potsdam Police Department.

The protest, which drew over a thousand to the village of Potsdam, was part of a national day of action called “Return of No Kings,” organized by the national Indivisible movement.

Gates-Shult said Chapman drove through the crowd twice, prompting alarm from protesters.

Police were able to identify Chapman as the driv

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