GOP activist Nathan Tabor was sucker punched yesterday outside Congressman Mel Watt’s district office in Greensboro. Tabor had gathered with a few dozen other Tea Partiers to protest the bailouts.
Not surprisingly, Tabor and his attacker give divergent accounts of what happened. What’s clear from video, however, is that Tabor gets socked in the mouth pretty well.
The Winston-Salem Journal has the specifics:
The encounter between Tabor and Govenor Vance Spencer, a Greensboro man, took place in front of the office of Rep. Mel Watt, D-12th, in Greensboro. Tabor was among Republicans, tea party members and others protesting government bailouts. Spencer walked up and argued briefly with the protesters. He was walking away when he encountered Tabor on the sidewalk.
In his complaint used to take out a warrant, Tabor said that Spencer shoved him and shoved his wife. Tabor said he stepped between Spencer and his wife to protect her, and that Spencer then pushed him and hit him in the face.
Spencer’s version is that Tabor “had his camera in my face,” and that he backed into Tabor’s wife as he was getting off the sidewalk. Spencer said that as he was trying to move to the side, Tabor shoved him in the neck. Spencer said he hit Tabor to protect himself because he thought his life was in danger.
Both Spencer and Tabor are charged with simple assault. Spencer is also charged with communicating threats. Both have court dates on July 7 in Guilford County.
He hit Tabor because he thought his life was in danger? Please.
