INTRO: Seventy-year-old poet Stephen Redic (REH-dik) flipped off 18-year-old Turning Point Action volunteer Rainer Vesey (VEE-zee) and slapped him. Vesey’s brother, Asher, told “America’s Newsroom” they just wanted to have a respectful conversation with the suspect when he became enraged.
ACK: Asher Vesey
***MANDATORY CREDIT: AMERICA’S NEWSROOM***
TAG: The interaction went viral on social media, with Redic (REH-dik) facing charges of misdemeanor simple assault and noncriminal disorderly conduct. His arraignment is scheduled for early December.
KEYWORD: Politics, Crime
