Trump Supporter Threatens To Put NYC Voter 'In The Hospital'

Park Slope NY

03 November, 2020

5:05 PM

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PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A Trump supporter threatened to put a voter "in the hospital" during an Election Day confrontation outside a Brooklyn poll site. The confrontation unfolded as voters headed to the polls Tuesday morning at M.S. 88 on 7th Avenue in Park Slope, according to bystander Kathy Park Price, who posted a video of the encounter on Twitter. In the video, a voter is heard calling a supporter of President Donald Trump a "f---er." "Come say it to my face," the Trump supporter replied. "Get out of my face. I'll put you in the hospital." The Trump supporter and another man then walk across the street to a white SUV bearing several Trump 2020 flags, the video shows. "He is threatening physical violence," a woman off-camera can be heard asking police officers standing nearby. "Did you hear that? Is this OK?" But NYPD officials dismissed claims of voter intimidation and electioneering. "There was no interference with voting," the NYPD tweeted from the department's official account. A white SUV bearing the American flag and two Trump flags was reported to be within 100 feet of the location, which is prohibited by law, but police said the car was an appropriate distance away from the polling site. After arriving, officers discovered a Trump supporter and another voter were harassing each other outside the polling site. Officers on scene spent nearly an hour resolving this issue. Both parties were offered the opportunity to file a police report, which both declined.— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 3, 2020 Some voters voiced frustration with officers' refusal to intervention. "He was literally going up to voters to pick fights, there's proof. Stop lying NYPD," one person tweeted. "We have a lot of work to do if regular New Yorkers are going to start trusting the NYPD again," another person tweeted. Hear this Trump supporter threatening physical violence. He's been here for 50 minutes. @nypd said they are aware of the threats and "that is why we're here." Threats at polling sites at ok, as long as it's 100 feet away from polling site entrance? @BOENYC @bradlander pic.twitter.com/Qxk7SgJWtS— Kathy Park Price (@KathyParkPrice) November 3, 2020 Officers spent nearly an hour resolving the issue, and both parties declined to file a police report about the incident, the NYPD said on Twitter. In a separate video, a poll worker posted a video on Twitter showing who appeared to be the same man calling people off-camera "p-----s." "I'm a poll worker here in Brooklyn. Here's the first case of voter intimidation I've witnessed," she wrote. It's unclear whether police responded. I'm a poll worker here in Brooklyn. Here's the first case of voter intimidation I've witnessed: pic.twitter.com/sAXaWlb08v— Hilary Shepherd (@TheHBS) November 3, 2020