KJ Assaulted At Charity Dinner......With a Pie!

[PDXChris]

At least the offseason is almost over.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man smacked Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a pie at a charity dinner, and an official says the former NBA star went on the defensive.

The mayor had given a speech at the Seeds of HOPE dinner at Sacramento Charter High School Wednesday night before the man came up, pulled the pie from a bag, grabbed Johnson, and shoved it into his face, the mayor's Chief of Staff Crystal Strait said.

She said the mayor defended himself against the man, but she would not give details.

The mayor tweeted that he's "doing fine" and added, "Thank you to Sac PD for being there."

Strait emphasized that it was a genuinely serious and scary situation and there was nothing funny about it, especially because no one including the mayor could tell immediately that it was a pie the man was holding.

"The mayor was assaulted. I was standing right there and I'm still pretty shaken up," Strait said, speaking some three hours after it happened.

Police agreed. They arrested 32-year-old Sean Thompson on suspicion of assaulting a public official, which is a felony, the Sacramento Police Department said in a statement.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ayor-kevin-johnson-hit-face-pie-charity-event

 

[Ronin]

I believe this is a pic of the "victim"....after the beat down.

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[devilalum]

I believe this is a pic of the "victim"....after the beat down.

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Geez, what kind of pie did they hit him with?

from phone

 

[Ronin]

Pie wielder, from jail, says Kevin Johnson hit him twice 'pretty hard'
The pie wielder and local activist, Sean Thompson, 32, said Thursday that the mayor overreacted, sending him to the hospital for nine stitches before he went to jail.

He said he was angry Johnson devoted so much political energy to an arena for the city's basketball team and not to other needs such as education and homelessness.

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17614663/bruised-pie-wielder-says-kevin-johnson-overreacted

 

[JCSunsfan]

That would be an interesting sight. The Mayor gets hit by a pie and his security stands and watches while the Mayor jumps the guy and lands 10-20 hard hits. KJ obviously knew who this guy was.

 

[mojorizen7]

At least this pie guy was wearing a decent shirt.

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