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.
