Rams’ Bobby Wagner levels animal rights protester at Levi’s Stadium

An animal rights activist ran onto the Levi’s Stadium turf Monday evening through the 49ers’ recreation towards the Los Angeles Rams and suffered the destiny anybody dangers when operating onto a discipline stuffed with soccer gamers.

After the activist, who was carrying a tool releasing pink smoke, made his manner throughout the sphere towards the Rams’ sideline, he circled to keep away from safety officers. At that time, two Rams gamers started to pursue him.

Veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner threw a shoulder to drop the protester to the turf. Linebacker and Kennedy (Richmond) Excessive product Takkarist McKinley was additionally concerned in stopping the protester.

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was requested postgame if he noticed the protester operating onto the sphere.

“I noticed Bobby Wagner take someone out,” Shanahan stated. “I assumed it was sort of cool to see.”

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester with a smoke bomb is tackled on the sphere by Los Angeles Rams’ Bobby Wagner, #45 Takkarist McKinley #50 and a safety guard throughout their NFL recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 

The activist was sporting a shirt that learn “RIGHT TO RESCUE .COM”. That area seems to be operated by Berkeley-based animal rights group Direct Motion In all places, often known as DXE. The group despatched a press launch saying that the motion was meant to convey consideration to a trial that started Monday involving two members of DXE who face greater than 10 years in jail over allegedly sneaking right into a Utah Smithfield pig farm and smuggling out two piglets.

Direct Motion In all places has organized a number of high-profile protests at sporting occasions lately.

A girl affiliated with the group glued herself to the court docket at a Minnesota Timberwolves playoff recreation to protest towards Wolves proprietor Glen Taylor’s hen farming enterprise, Rembrandt Meals, together with the killing of greater than 5 million birds attributable to a hen flu outbreak.

A gaggle of Direct Motion In all places protesters additionally chained themselves to the racetrack at Golden Gate Fields in March 2021 and later have been sued by the racetrack.

OMG BOBBY WAGNER JUST TRUCKED THE FAN THAT RAN ON THE FIELD pic.twitter.com/uwoEzkrFxc

— Cameron Salerno (@cameronsalerno1) October 4, 2022

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester with a smoke bomb is tackled on the sphere by Los Angeles Rams’ Bobby Wagner, #45 Takkarist McKinley #50 and a safety guard throughout their NFL recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester with a smoke bomb is subdued by safety guards through the San Francisco 49ers NFL recreation towards the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester with a smoke bomb is tackled on the sphere by Takkarist McKinley #50 and a safety guard throughout their NFL recreation towards the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester is subdued by safety guards as one other guard runs off with a smoke bomb he was carrying through the San Francisco 49ers NFL recreation towards the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group) 

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 03: A protester who ran on the sphere with a smoke bomb is eliminated by safety guards through the San Francisco 49ers NFL recreation towards the Los Angeles Rams at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Space Information Group)