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Terrifying moment ‘Black Lives Matter’ protester points a GUN at reporter during Kenosha riot

A "BLACK Lives Matter protester" pointed a gun at a reporter during the Kenosha riots this week.

filmed one demonstrator who then pulled out his firearm and put it in Schaffer's face in .

The 'Black Lives Matter' protester pulled out his gun and pointed it at The Blaze reporter
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The 'Black Lives Matter' protester pulled out his gun and pointed it at The Blaze reporter
Elijah Schaffer was trying to interview the man when a gun was pointed in his face
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Elijah Schaffer was trying to interview the man when a gun was pointed in his face

On Tuesday, Schaffer shared his experience on Twitter as people took to the streets to decry the shooting of for the past three days.

“While interviewing this  rioter in Kinosha [sic] he pulls out a real pistol and points it at my camera while explaining what we would do to cops if they rolled up on us right now,” Schaffer wrote on Monday.

“It’s been a while since I had a gun pointed at me even if it was just to make a point.”

The unidentified man then pulls the trigger of the unloaded gun as a person comments "Whoa, that’s right man."

The same person threatened cops in another video shared by Schaffer on Twitter, who then tried to interview him afterwards.

This is when the man points a gun in his face.

A man speaks at a site where a man was killed on August 26, 2020 in Kenosha
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A man speaks at a site where a man was killed on August 26, 2020 in KenoshaCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Marchers take to the streets during a fourth night of unrest in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake
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Marchers take to the streets during a fourth night of unrest in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake Credit: EPA
Maskless protesters raise their fists
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Maskless protesters raise their fistsCredit: AFP or licensors

“This man had a firearm, there were multiple firearms amongst the protestors and rioters,” Schaffer told .

“It was a very unruly situation that could have gone south, thank God it didn’t.

“He actually took his gun out and pointed it at me. He accidentally dry-fired the gun, so I’m crediting God. God prevented that from being anything bigger."

Schaffer noted that he didn't think the man was actually trying to kill him but he may have been "one of the stupidest people in the world."

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The carcasses of the cars burned by protestors the previous night are seen on a used-cars lot in Kenosha on August 26
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The carcasses of the cars burned by protestors the previous night are seen on a used-cars lot in Kenosha on August 26Credit: AFP or licensors
People protest from their car during a demonstration
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People protest from their car during a demonstrationCredit: AFP or licensors

"He probably has no legal right to be carrying a gun, he doesn’t even know how to use a gun," the reporter said.

"He probably dry-fired it because he’s dumb and doesn’t know how to use a firearm and doesn’t realize you can’t point it at people.”

Schaffer noted that the gun was "100 percent real" even though the man was acting careless with it.

The journalist has been sharing the events as they unfold and tweeted "protesters [are] destroying cars with metal bats, hammers, and boulders."

The news comes after by his SUV while his three kids were inside.

He's been left paralyzed after a Kenosha cop opened fire, shooting him in the back at close range and .

on the streets as a 17-year-old Illinois teen , while a at police.

Protesters gather at the site of a Tuesday night shooting on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 in Kenosha
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Protesters gather at the site of a Tuesday night shooting on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 in KenoshaCredit: AP:Associated Press
Blood was seen spattered on the floor after the shooting in Kenosha
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Blood was seen spattered on the floor after the shooting in KenoshaCredit: Reuters
Athens-Clarke County Commissioner and protest organizer Mariah Parker speaks during a "Justice for Jacob Blake solidarity with Kenosha" event
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Athens-Clarke County Commissioner and protest organizer Mariah Parker speaks during a "Justice for Jacob Blake solidarity with Kenosha" eventCredit: AP:Associated Press
Rittenhouse said he was running into harm's way
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Rittenhouse said he was running into harm's way
A young man identified by cops as Rittenhouse points his gun
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A young man identified by cops as Rittenhouse points his gunCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, said ‘we're protecting people' before 'shooting dead two Kenosha protesters’
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