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San Jose mayor’s security guard, passerby brawl during TV interview: ‘I’ll smack you right now’
By David Propper,
9 days ago
A security guard for San Jose’s mayor got into a sidewalk brawl with a foul-mouthed stranger who interrupted a television interview with the California city’s leader Tuesday afternoon, according to shocking footage.
The guard took a shot to the side of the head before he countered and pushed the man away during the wild tussle that played out on camera in downtown San Jose.
Mayor Matt Mahan was doing an interview with KRON when the passerby, identified by police as 35-year-old Wesley Pollard, began cursing a few feet away.
“Sorry, we’re doing an interview sir,” Mahan said, to no avail.
As the mayor’s guard, who works for San Jose police, began to talk with the man, he claimed to work nearby.
“Let me go,” Pollard said repeatedly before a few other individuals jumped in to help restrain the rabble rouser as the camera cuts out.
The security detail was taken to the hospital and stayed overnight with head and neck pain following the fight, KRON reported.
Authorities arrested Pollard and charged him with felony battery on a police officer. He remained in custody as of Wednesday, the station reported.
“Mayor Matt Mahan is deeply grateful to his security detail and the entire San Jose Police Department,” the mayor’s office said in a statement, per the television station.
“The actions of the Officer tonight were heroic and a testament to the deescalation training that makes our officers effective, compassionate and stewards of community trust.”
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