Assault on California Mayor’s Security Guard Points to Larger Issue

A security guard for the San Jose mayor was recently assaulted at a downtown news event, and law enforcement leaders weren’t exactly shocked. “It’s not surprising to me at all that happened, because it’s happening to so many people on a daily basis, all over California, especially in our urban areas,” Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig told The Epoch Times in an interview. According to police, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan was being interviewed by a local reporter on April 23 in the city’s downtown area when a man nearby began shouting profanities and approaching him. The mayor’s guard asked the man to step back but was punched in the face multiple times, a police spokesperson confirmed in an email to The Epoch Times....