Posted on 03/10/2016 8:11:26 AM PST by pilgrim
Multiple videos appear to show a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina being sucker-punched by a Trump supporter.
The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday, are shot from different perspectives, and appear to show an African American man with long hair wearing a white T-shirt leaving the Trump rally as the audience boos. He is being led out of the rally by men in uniforms that read "Sheriff's Office." The protester may have extended a middle finger to the audience on his way out.
Then, out of nowhere, the man is punched in the face by a pony-tailed man, who appears to be white, in a cowboy hat, black vest and pink shirt as the crowd begins to cheer. The protester stumbles away, and then is detained by a number of the men in uniforms, who handcuff him while he is on the ground.
"Chill, chill!" an onlooker says. "You don't gotta grab him like that!"
Fayetteville is in Cumberland County, N.C., but an official from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, reached by The Washington Post, said officers from that jurisdiction were not the ones who detained the man. The Fayetteville Police Department also told The Post they did not detain anyone at the rally, held at the city's Crown Coliseum.
(Excerpt) Read more at bradenton.com ...
At some point, it will be discovered that a lot of these “protesters” are paid to disrupt...Of course, the liberals, GOPe, and Trump Haters will not believe even the best evidence, but it WILL happen....
Ever wonder why all the “disruptions” are happening at Trump rallies only???
Right now, there's a whole lot of Americans who view supporters of Trump as low-information, low-intelligence, emotion-driven, and not qualified to choose the next President.
I, for one, do not believe they are correct in that assumption. However, if Trump supporters don't want that incorrect assumption to continue, they should be doing their damndest to show people they are not the kind of people they think they are. Busting someone in the head doesn't go very far towards doing that.
That's only my opinion, and I respect you if you don't agree.
Knockout game, the sequel.
Cause no one shows up to Rubio, Cruz or Kasich rallies?
Well, that too...LOL
Because they’ve never heard of the other guys. Which is exactly how the General Election will go if Trump isn’t the candidate.
If we had started physically beating the Left in the ‘60s, we wouldn’t have to put up with this s-— now.
Sorry but punching protestors is the work of fascist brownshirts not conservatives.
I beg to differ , violence seems to be very effective within the right measure....what planet are you from?
“Assumption - that it was a Trump supporter and not a plant.”
The possibility of a false flag attack is all the more reason Trump should very quickly denounce violent attacks on people at his events. He should act even quicker than he did in disavowing David Duke.
And Trump should disavow and apologize for his own comments concerning violence made at the 50 second mark in the link.
I’ve never gotten arrested for flipping off a cop.
Cause the flak is heaviest when the bomber is over the target.
I just read where Trumps security took down a female reporter from Britebart. Said he didn’t know she was from Britebart, thought it was regular media.
You are right.
I can take as much offense from obscene gestures directed in my general direction as the police or any authority figure.
WARNING: DO NOT INCITE OR PROVOKE ME TO VIOLENCE.
Violence should always be the last resort, but some times it is the only resort. Such was not the case here.
More from the Charlotte Observer seems more news outlets are picking it up.
” According to CBSNewYork, police are investigating at least two alleged assaults at a recent Kentucky rally. One involved a young African-American woman who was repeatedly shoved and called “scum.”
Trump himself has not been quick to criticize the violence. After a fight erupted between protesters and police last year in Birmingham, Trump said: “’Maybe he should have been roughed up.” Of a protester in Nevada last month, Trump said: “I’d like to punch him in the face.” In Kentucky, he said: “Get him out. Try not to hurt him. If you do I’ll defend you in court. . . . Are Trump rallies the most fun? We’re having a good time.”
According to CBSNewYork, he referred to an incident at a New Hampshire rally where a protester started “swinging and punching.” Trump said some people in the audience “took him out.”
“It was really amazing to watch,” he said.
At the Fayetteville rally, Trump called protesters “professional troublemakers,” as ABC reported. As video posted by the Fayetteville News-Observer shows, his speech was repeatedly interrupted as protesters were escorted out and the crowd chanted “U.S.A.!” He criticized one protester for wearing a “very dirty undershirt.”
Nor were the protesters enamored of Trump.
“He spreads hate,” protester Marianna Kuehn told WRAL.”
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article65170057.html#storylink=cpy
How many cops have you flipped off?
Speakingof “paid protestor” and reading “it WILL happen”....
I believe it is already happening as there have been numerous protestors at a number of political rallies (all candidates) thus far.
When you antagonize people, you risk physical harm.
Humans are not perfect.
However, if you grew up with siblings, you learn very quickly that teasing people has consequences.
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