Man arrested after slapping teen Trump supporter during New Hampshire primary

[left-of-center2012]

A New Hampshire man has been arrested after slapping a 15-year-old Trump supporter during the state’s primary, police said.

Patrick Bradley, 34, was leaving a polling place in the southeast New Hampshire town of Windham when he passed a campaign tent for President Trump. Windham police said in a news release that he hit the teenager, who was volunteering at the tent and wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, across the face. When two adult Trump supporters tried to intervene, Bradley attacked them, too, police said. He is also accused of attempting to knock over the tent.

Cathy Campbell said “My son was standing outside on the sidewalk, and he said ‘have a nice night,’ he said it to everyone. But this man was triggered,” He said ‘f--- you’ to him and wound up his hand as fast as he could and slapped him across the face.”

Bradley was arrested Thursday and charged with three misdemeanor counts of simple assault and one count of disorderly conduct, according to police. He was taken to the Rockingham County Jail, where he was held overnight on $5,000 bail. He was also placed on administrative hold for a probation violation, police said. He was expected to be arraigned Friday.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/14/trump-teen-slapped-new-hampshire/

[brokephibroke]

1. It's better to simply point and laugh at trump supporters.

[Caliman73]

2. As he should be.

Assaulting people who are not threatening you is not okay. I understand the frustration and the anger caused by Trump and his supporters, but if they are just sitting at a tent, argue with them or leave them be.

[struggle4progress]

3. I hope the kid is OK

[Liberal In Texas]

4. Well, the guy didn't shoot him, he slapped him.

I'm guessing he has probably already "recovered."

[struggle4progress]

7. I wouldn't make light of it: smacking folk alongside the head can cause brain injury

[rustydog]

8. That is an assault. If you lack the capacity to verbalize your disagreements without violence

you need to remove yourself from the discussion.

If he had been in a hospital and slapped an RN, tech or Dr. it would be felony assault in Washington State.

I hope the kid sues the subject in civil court as well,

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. What an asshole . . . hitting a kid. JFC!

[Wounded Bear]

6. And the "antifa" accusations start at the examiner...

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/antifa-supporter-charged-with-assaulting-teen-trump-fan

True? Source seems a bit questionable, but I'm sure it'll go viral before it can really be verified.

[MineralMan]

9. Dumbass!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. I'm glad

that one of ours does something like this, we just condemn it and move on. If it happened to one of ours OTOH, the other side would be quickly inventing conspiracy theories or claiming some kind of justification for the behavior.

[Dr. Strange]

11. Hmm, wonder if this guy is related to Reza Aslan or Dean Cain?

[Tanuki]

12. He has a prior history of violence, including assaulting police

https://www.google.com/amp/s/patch.com/new-hampshire/windham/amp/28579997/windham-man-accused-slapping-teen-trump-supporter-polls


..."According to NewsCenterMaine.com, he was arrested by state police in that state who accused him of being in possession of 7.7 lbs. of vacuumed sealed marijuana in January 2017. A few months later, in Rochester, according to Foster's Daily Democrat, he was arrested again, accused of driving a pickup truck into a car to harm a woman. During questioning, police accused him of assaulting them. Bradley was charged with felony reckless conduct, two charges simple assault of an officer, two charges of disobeying an officer, driving after suspension, and warrants. In January 2016, Bradley was arrested on disobeying an officer and misusing or failing to display plates charges in Londonderry."