REPORT: Vermont Cop Was Watching Anti-Trans Matt Walsh YouTube Clip When He Struck And Killed Cyclist

The Vermont Digger reports:

A Shelburne police sergeant had a YouTube video playing on a computer tablet mounted in his cruiser when he struck and killed a cyclist in South Burlington, according to documents filed in support of a felony charge against him.

Kyle Kapitanski, 41, is set to be arraigned Thursday in Chittenden County Superior criminal court in Burlington on a charge of grossly negligent operation with death resulting. Sean Hayes, 38, of Burlington, died at the scene of the crash, which took place early in the morning of Nov. 11, 2024.

A review by Zachary Nebeker of the state police’s technology investigation unit confirmed that YouTube footage was visible on the tablet from 2:29 a.m. to 2:40 a.m., the charging document stated. A link to the last video was provided in the filing; it is titled, “Trans woman CONFRONTING Matt Walsh takes UNEXPECTED turn.”

Read the full article. The clip is not from Walsh himself but from an account titled “Masculinism.”

A person, later identified as Hayes, was also captured on a camera from a nearby business showing him at about the same time dismounting his bicycle, walking on the sidewalk, before returning to the bicycle’s location within roadway, Gelder wrote. https://t.co/26BqNY4st4

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