BLOG: OLD MAN ELBOWS PROTESTER AT A DONALD TRUMP RALLY IN FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.
A man charged with assaulting a protester at a Donald Trump rally Wednesday night says the protester deserved it.“Yes, he deserved it. The next time we see him, we might have to kill him,” said John McGraw, 78, in an interview with “Inside Edition” on Wednesday night. He added: “We don’t know who he is. He might be with a terrorist organization.
”FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 78-year-old Linden man has been charged with assaulting a protester at the rally held in Fayetteville Wednesday for Republican front-runner Donald Trump. John Franklin McGraw was arrested Thursday morning and charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. A video posted on YouTube shows McGraw hitting Rakeem Jones of Fayetteville as he was being escorted out of Crown Coliseum by authorities. Jones was being escorted out of the rally after disrupting Trump’s speech when McGraw edged his way to the end of the row and hit Jones in the head and face as deputies were looking away sad thing is Jones was tackled by law enforcement officials and John McGraw went back to his seat. A press release from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said several deputies did not see the attack happen.(WATCH NOW) and then…
