A passerby interrupted a local television interview Tuesday with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan to start a fight with one of Mahan’s security personnel, leading to an arrest for felony battery on a police officer, among other charges, local media reported.
During an interview with KRON, which captured video of the altercation, Mahan was speaking on camera when a man, who police have identified as 35-year-old Wesley Pollard, approached the security detail from behind Mahan and began swearing.
After Pollard got into frame beside Mahan, the mayor told him, “Sorry, we’re doing an interview, sir.” Pollard soon spoke to Mahan’s security guard, who is an officer of the San Jose Police Department. “I’m talking on the phone. You got a problem?”
Pollard also appeared to tell him, “You should mind your f-cking business.”
“I will f–cking smack you,” he said moments later as things got physical, mostly out of frame.
Pollard soon threw a punch that appeared to strike the officer, who spent the night at a local hospital with head and neck pain, according to KRON.