The pro-recall protester was allegedly punched “several times,” causing him to fall to the ground. Police continue searching for the suspect.
A man attending a rally in support of recalling California Governor Gavin Newsom in San Rafael was assaulted Sunday, just two days before Californians take to the polls, police said. The rally-goers were posting banners in support of the recall onto chain-link fences on the Coleman pedestrian overpass at about 3:20 p.m. local time when the suspect—a man in his late 20’s or early 30’s—began cutting down the banners with a knife, the San Rafael Police Department said in a press release. The victim, who was not identified by police, confronted him, and the two men began to argue and push each other, police said. “The altercation escalated when the suspect began to punch the victim several times and caused the victim to fall to the ground,” the statement said.
