Trump supporter charged after sucker-punching protester at North Carolina rally

Zaac · Mar 12, 2016

Trump supporter charged after sucker-punching protester at North Carolina rally

A Donald Trump supporter has been charged with assault after multiple videos showed him sucker-punching a protester at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C.

The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday and are shot from different perspectives, show an African American with long hair wearing a white T-shirt leaving Trump’s Wednesday-night rally as the audience boos. He is being led out by men in uniforms that read “Sheriff’s Office.” The man extends 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.

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John McGraw, 78, was charged with assault and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident, Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sean Swain told The Post on Thursday.

McGraw is due in court in April, Swain said. It was not immediately clear if he already has an attorney.

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“No one should be subjected to such a cowardly, unprovoked act as that committed by McGraw,” Sheriff Earl Butler said in a statement posted to Facebook. “Regardless of political affiliation, speech, race, national origin, color, gender, bad reputation, prior acts, or political demonstration, no other citizen has the right to assault another person or to act in such a way as this defendant did. I hope that the courts will handle this matter with the appropriate severity for McGraw’s severe and gross violation of this victim’s rights.”

In footage published by Inside Edition, a man identified as McGraw is asked if he liked the event.

“You bet I liked it,” he says.

When asked what he liked, he responds: “Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.”

“We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American,” McGraw added. “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him.”

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Speaking of first amendment rights.Rolleyes

Kevin · Mar 12, 2016

The guy spoke with his middle finger, and the old guy took offense at that, and gave him the fist in return.

I'm not saying he was right to punch him, but it sure took guts with the police around the guy. The guy who was using the police to protect him, while he tried to incite the crowd. Thug gets Slugged

Aaron · Mar 12, 2016

Yeah. It's like punks who sue people who defend themselves from them.

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