Man faces charge of posing as officer

LOS ANGELES — A man who was recorded antagonizing demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest in January has been arrested on accusations of impersonating a police officer.

Daniel Sohn, 36, was arrested Friday by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies after they noticed that he was wearing a shirt with the Los Angeles Police Department logo and recognized him as the man in the video, authorities said in a release.

The video posted on social media last month shows an Asian man who appears to be wearing the same shirt and chanting “white power” to people. The group was protesting the fatal shooting in October of an unarmed black man by a Los Angeles officer inside a gym.

Deputy Joana Warren said Sohn told the deputies he regularly poses as an officer to get respect. Investigators were seeking additional witnesses who may have been told by Sohn that he was an officer, Warren said. Sohn was released on $2,500 bond.