Posted on 09/22/2016 8:35:25 AM PDT by Mariner
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson was hit in the face with a pie Wednesday night at a benefit dinner at Sacramento Charter High School, and got into a brief physical altercation with his assailant, the mayor’s spokeswoman said.
“Let me be clear, the mayor was assaulted tonight,” said spokeswoman Crystal Strait. “He is home with his family…The whole thing is just shocking.”
Sean Thompson, 32, was arrested on a felony charge of assaulting a public official and misdemeanor charge of battery on school property, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department’s website. He was booked into the Sacramento County Jail at midnight.
In a booking photo released by the Sacramento Police Department, Thompson appeared to have two sets of stitches around his left eye.
“During the assault, the subject sustained a minor injury and was transported by the Sacramento Fire Department to a local hospital for treatment,” the police statement said.
Strait said the mayor was talking to dinner guests when a man approached him from the side, grabbed him by the arm, yanked him off balance and slammed a pie into his face.
“He brought (the pie) with him. He pulled it out of a bag,” she said.
A brief scuffle ensued. “It was a blur,” she said.
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Kevin Johnson was a beloved player for the Suns here in Phoenix. Looks like someone wasn’t feeling the love.
I bet he doesn’t do that again.
Never bring a pie to a fist or club fight.
I remember another pie in the face back in Des Moines, IA.
His dunk over Olajuwon was one the best dunks of all time.
I hope it wasn’t a high-capacity assault pie.
Pie control now!
I was going to say that I was glad a Democrat got pied. But in going to the article I learned that the assailant was an Occutard, so I am glad the mayor bopped him.
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