Florida teacher arrested for third time after carrying knife at pro-Palestinian rally

A teacher in Florida who was arrested last week for carrying a knife at a West Palm Beach pro-Palestinian rally was taken into custody for a third time on Sunday.

Hawazin Gridley Wright, 43, was first arrested Nov. 19 at the rally, where he allegedly brandished a guitar and concealed a large knife, according to a release from the West Palm Beach Police Department.

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“This guy decided to show up at a protest downtown Sunday wielding a guitar and concealing a large knife under his shirt as he ran through heavy traffic on Okeechobee Boulevard,” according to the release. “Officers quickly gave chase and took the 43-year-old man into custody, where they discovered the weapon.”

“He was taken to the PBSO – Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Main Detention Center and charged with resisting arrest without violence, carrying an unlawful concealed weapon, and given a citation for running through traffic,” the release continued. “He was not charged for impersonating a musician.”

Two arrests followed the first. Wright was taken into custody Friday after he allegedly walked around looking into various vehicles, yelled at a bystander, and tried to follow a woman.

After the bystander confronted him, Wright hurled slurs at him and wielded a 12-inch baton, according to the report.

The most recent arrest was on Sunday following several allegedly harassing calls and a death threat to a woman he had been seeing, according to a report.

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Wright, an English teacher at Christa McAuliffe Middle School in Boynton Beach, faces at least two felony charges and misdemeanor charges, including resisting arrest, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of meth, and aggravated assault, according to the report.

He “poses a significant danger of causing personal injury to himself/herself or others in the near future,” according to a temporary risk protection order filed by a judge on Nov. 22.