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Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

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Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« on: March 10, 2016, 06:24:21 pm »
The man who allegedly sucker-punched a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina on Wednesday has been charged, local sources reported. The 78-year-old pony-tailed assailant, identified as John McGraw, was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. The protester, Rakeem Jones, 26, was being led out of the rally by sheriff’s officials when McGraw, who is seen on video wearing a cowboy hat, clearly reached out and punched him in the face. Jones was then detained and handcuffed by police. At one point, someone in the crowd allegedly shouted: “Go home, n*ggers.” Local media reports that there were a total of 17 interruptions at the campaign event.

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2016, 06:56:11 pm »
Someone should ask Trump at tonight's debate if he intends to keep his promise to pay his legal fees.
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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2016, 06:56:51 pm »
Someone should ask Trump at tonight's debate if he intends to keep his promise to pay his legal fees.

Did he say that?

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2016, 06:57:46 pm »
@Weird Tolkienish Figure is there a link for that?

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2016, 06:58:10 pm »
Don't know if he said it last night, but he's said it in the past.
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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2016, 06:59:46 pm »
This is actually seperate from the incident where his campaign manager assaulted the female Breitbart reporter.

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2016, 08:28:22 pm »


So what's his FR username?

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2016, 11:04:10 pm »
From an interview with the assilant by Inside Edition:

http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/15177-trump-supporter-who-punched-protester-next-time-we-might-have-to-kill-him

The Trump supporter who was filmed sucker punching a protester during Wednesday’s rally in North Carolina said: "Next time, we might have to kill him."

Multiple videos show the protester, 26-year-old Rakeem Jones, raising a middle finger to the crowd as security escorted him from the rally - before the unnamed supporter punched him to the ground.

INSIDE EDITION tracked down the supporter, 78-year-old John McGraw, who was unrepentant.

When asked if he liked the rally, he said: “You bet I liked it. Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.”

And when asked why he punched the protester, he said: "Number one, we don’t know if he’s ISIS. We don’t know who he is, but we know he’s not acting like an American, cussing me... If he wants it laid out, I laid it out."

He added: “Yes, he deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.”

On Thursday, officials arrested and charged McGraw with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office.

Jones told INSIDE EDITION on Thursday morning that his left eye still hurts from the punch and he remains confused about why he was being taken out by security in the first place.

He added that he doesn't regret going to the rally for the GOP frontrunner.

"Donald Trump probably doesn't care about what happened. He is already onto the next thing," he said. "If I can go to another [Trump] rally, I would go if I can."

When IE told Jones about his alleged attacker's comments, he said he did not have a response.

Jones attended the rally with friends.

"The people that are going to his rallies are hateful people," Jones' friend Ronnie Rouse told IE. "Not in general, because you cannot put a label on all of the people – but there is hatred."

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2016, 11:44:16 pm »
The man who allegedly sucker-punched a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina on Wednesday has been charged, local sources reported. The 78-year-old pony-tailed assailant, identified as John McGraw, was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct. The protester, Rakeem Jones, 26, was being led out of the rally by sheriff’s officials when McGraw, who is seen on video wearing a cowboy hat, clearly reached out and punched him in the face. Jones was then detained and handcuffed by police. At one point, someone in the crowd allegedly shouted: “Go home, n*ggers.” Local media reports that there were a total of 17 interruptions at the campaign event.

78 years old punching someone? OMG!

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2016, 11:46:28 pm »

Cuss out somebody and he hands you your head? Don't expect much sympathy. That 78-year-old is from a different generation. A verbal slight is fighting words. I totally get where he's coming from.

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Re: Trump Rally Assailant Charged
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2016, 11:50:41 pm »
Another one of those LIVs Cruz was talking about.
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.