Police said they also obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect in that incident.
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– Authorities in Asheville say four people were arrested by police officers during a Donald Trump rally.
Security then escorts the protesters out, leaving the Trump supporter alone.
In widely shared footage, a Trump supporter is seen grabbing a male protester around the neck and punching him before slapping a female protester.
Trump had brought a group of supporters on stage, proclaiming them hard-working Americans, not “deplorables”.
The Washington Post reports that repeated interruptions from protesters created a tense atmosphere in the stadium, where Trump attacked Hillary Clinton for Friday’s “basket of deplorables” remark.
Teter recalled how after saying something like “you better learn to speak Russian”, a Trump supporter “turned around and just cold-cocked me”.
Speaking in Asheville, N.C., September 12, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton “talks about people like they are objects, not human beings”, following her comments on Trump’s supporters.
Dozens of protesters were also assembled outside the arena.
The “deplorables” comment featured at a Trump rally in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday night that saw a resumption of some of the violence that disrupted his events earlier this year.
Trump will propose in a speech on Tuesday night allowing families to deduct the cost of childcare expenses from income taxes, his campaign said, a move aimed at bolstering his support among women voters.
A Trump supporter in Fayetteville, North Carolina, was charged with assault in March after he punched a protester as he was being escorted from the venue by police.
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Jones was being led out by cops as the cowboy-hat wearing Trump supporter punched him square in the face.
