California GOP House candidate used campaign sign to protect himself from knife attacker

California GOP House candidate used campaign sign to protect himself from knife attacker, investigator says



A Republican House candidate in Northern California was attacked by a knife-wielding man who was shouting profanities about President Donald Trump at a local fair over the weekend, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday, citing authorities.

Alameda County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said no one was seriously injured when Farzad Fazeli allegedly attacked Rudy Peters at the Castro Valley Fall Festival on Sunday afternoon.

Kelly said Peters was manning one of the vendor booths at the festival when Fazeli, 35, approached him "in an aggressive manner and made disparaging remarks about his political party and elected officials."

“All of a sudden we hear someone screaming, “F— Trump, f— Trump!” a witness said.

At that point, authorities suspect, Fazeli pulled out a switchblade knife and tried to stab Peters, but the weapon malfunctioned.

Kelly told The Sacramento Bee that Fazeli may have also thrown a glass mug at Peters. He added that at one point, the candidate used a campaign sign to defend himself from the attacker.

"You're dealing with a knife — a deadly weapon," Kelly told the paper. "Anything you can use, including a sign, would be a good option. It would provide you some level of protection."

Fazeli fled the scene, but was arrested a short time later on charges of felony assault, criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and possession of a switchblade. He is being held at the Santa Rita Jail.

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Another Trump hating democrat attacks another GOP law maker with a deadly weapon.......

What the hell is going on in the democrat party? Shooting people at baseball practice, stabbing someone at the county fair?

These are more than just random crimes, theyre premeditated and political. I believe those are the two things necessary to refer to these crimes as terrorism....

What do you think?

 

I think that if it had happened in Tennessee there is a good chance that the attacker would be suffering from gun shot wounds...

 

There are over 30 million registered Democrats. Why do you feel the need to condemn them all because of the actions of .00000001% of them?

Is that your metric for evaluating populations, cause then we have to start asking why all men are rapists and murders.

 

Democrats routinely blame all white people, specifically white males, for all the problems in their lives. whats the difference?