The mayor of San Jose, California, was in the middle of doing a television interview on the streets of his city when a man walking by suddenly assaulted the mayor’s bodyguard.
The situation escalated when the man threw his backpack to the ground and told the mayor’s security detail, a San Jose police officer, “I will smack you right now, bitch.”
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The mayor of San Jose, California, was in the middle of doing a television interview on the streets of his city when a man walking by suddenly assaulted the mayor’s bodyguard.
Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democrat, was speaking into KRON4’s news camera in downtown San Jose when a black male carrying a backpack walked by and shouted something, including a bleeped obscenity, video of the incident showed.
“I would not let him go in there if we can,” Mahan immediately said with a nervous laugh, pointing to the nearby restaurant. Mahan was in the area for a restaurant opening.
The man continued to speak aggressively to the mayor’s group, telling them, “Just slap me in the ****ing face.”
“Sorry, we’re doing an interview, sir,” Mahan told him.
The man claimed to work nearby.
