73 year old man in BLM T-shirt physically attacked by GOP candidate Blake Masters:

[tblue37]

73 year old man who showed up at a Republican event in a BLM shirt is physically attacked and assaulted by AZ US Senate candidate Blake Masters.

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[Aristus]

1. And thereby proving the gentleman's point.

Jesus. They really do think it's a zero-sum game, don't they? If black lives matter, it means white lives don't? Shit. It gives me a headache just trying to think down to that level...

[Faux pas]

2. Whoa!

Was masters arrested?

[tblue37]

4. No, the man he assaulted was.

Here's a link to a detailed story about the incident:

https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/060722_masters_gv_gop_op/shearer-gop-senate-candidate-blake-masters-roughs-up-73-year-old-dem-protester-green-valley/

Peter Jackson expected to ruffle some feathers when he showed up at a Republican event in Green Valley on Saturday wearing a "Jail Trump" hat and a "Black Lives Matter" t-shirt. What he didn't expect was to be on the receiving end of a right hook by an upset woman, knocked to the ground by a U.S. Senate candidate, and tossed into the breezeway, where he laid on the sidewalk injured until deputies arrived.Text

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He also didn't expect to be the only one cited in the fracas — for trespassing and simple assault.Snip

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How is it all going to play out? Well, there's plenty of video and witnesses, a Pima County sheriff's report and a court date. But we know where this is headed — how you see it will depend almost entirely on your politics.

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[Faux pas]

5. DISGUSTING

The only wall we need to be building is around tex-ass.

[MagickMuffin]

9. Why are you tying Texas into this? This happened in Arizona

Not sure why you are blaming Texas!

[Faux pas]

11. Sorry

in my mind tex-ass and florida are the most evil.

[Boomerproud]

7. Did this make national news? Another day of outrage.

[mizogan]

3. Imagine

Imagine if it was a Black man in a white t-shirt

[sinkingfeeling]

6. How is it trespassing to enter an open meeting?

[exboyfil]

8. Really good question

You can be criminally trespassed if you refuse to leave once asked by whoever controls the venue. It appears most laws don't support using physical force to remove a trespasser, but it happens all the time. The correct procedure is to call law enforcement and formally trespass the individual.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. And, as much as I want to, this proves why I cannot/will not walk around in Alabama

with anything that identifies me as a Democrat. It is just too dangerous. I honestly hate repugs. But not enough to physically harm one.

[Initech]

12. Well, he's probably now at the top of the GOP in Arizona.

Just like Greg Gianforte - beat the shit out of those you don't like and assault your way to the top.