Biker speaks out about being caught in the middle of Friday night's protest

Rhino said he and his friends were just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

That friday demonstration happened outside the springfield public library.... a group of bikers also got tangled in the protest-- with some b-l-m demonstrators raising concerns about being intimidated.

Kezi nine news reporter connor mccarthy spoke with a biker who showed up that evening--- who says what the public saw that night, is not the whole story.

Before these images appeared on air of friday night's protest in springfield... bikers held their own demonstration to support a teen who was bullied for the color of his skin at willamalane park.

Micah: "he was approached by a couple of people who asked him if he knew what color his skin was."

Micah sproston says he posted on facebook asking for help to bring attention to bullying at the park and lift his step- son's morale who is mixed race.

A group of bikers answered the call.

Micah: "there was 76 of us who came in support and show him we supported him and people of color being able to play at the park."

Rhino: "it's not okay.

It's completely wrong to bully kids anywhere definitely not at a park.

A biker...who goes by rhino... says he helped organize this turn out.

But he says things changed when night fell and a black lives matter demonstration was marching in downtown springfield.

Connor: "rhino says friday night he and his friends were downtown and when they tried driving down a street right here behind me.

He says they were not trying instigate anything with the protesters, they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"every direction we left we were stopped barricaded nobody asked why we were there nobody asked us of anythiing.

Rhino says the noise he and his friends were making from their bikes was not to initimidate, but a way to signal they wanted to get through.

"our hands never left the bars we didn't assualt anybody."

Protesters claim they did feel threatened by the bikers, but rhino says that was not their intention.

"we were not down there to cause issues, we went down to see things, protect our community and we were assualted.

Rhino says he supports to change but warns the community to jump to judgement of people "i was at a park previous supporting black children, that's my out take on it, everybody jumped to conclusions for the way we looked."

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