(Image source from: Lowell Sun)
An Indian-American man, who is running as Independent Senate candidate has been allegedly battered by a racist man at a town hall in Massachusetts, by punching him in the face leaving him sternly bleeding.
According to a report by Boston.com, the 54-year-old Shiva Ayyadurai, who is running against influential incumbent Elizabeth Warren from the Democratic party was attacked earlier this week by her follower.
A man, wearing a t-shirt which said "liberal" and a Warren for Senate sticker, punched Ayyadurai, a well-known American-Indian scientist, and an entrepreneur.
The report said that he moved toward Ayyadurai with an umbrella while he bullhorn a queue of Warren supporters outside a town hall in Great Barrington, where the Democratic Senator was scheduled to appear.
"I was just punched in face by a racist @SenWarren supporter," Ayyadurai tweeted.
"This is how these white privileged white supremacists react. What you just witnessed is how you white supremacists react when you don't want to hear the truth from a dark-skinned Indian guy. The same guy you claim you want to help. You guys are racists," Ayyadurai said.
.@ChrisCuomo is OKAY w/ a WHITE LIBERAL RACIST smacking ME, a dark-skinned REAL INDIAN, AMERICAN. Instead of contacting me, the dope questioned if my face was in fact smashed. Here’s a closer look Chris.THAT THWACKING is my 2 teeth chipped, trauma to my upper tooth, & ripped lips pic.twitter.com/NjuTNon7Jm
— Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai,PhD (M.I.T.) Inventor of Email (@va_shiva) July 23, 2018
According to a statement by the Great Barrington police, the encounter played out as a crowd of Warren supporters waited to enter a center. Paul Solovay left the line, crossed Castle Street, and approached Ayyadurai.
"Solovay allegedly engaged in a verbal confrontation that became physical when he pushed the bullhorn toward the speaker, striking his mouth," police said. "Officers acted quickly to subdue Solovay and place him into custody."
"We don't produce enough engineers. We don't produce enough doctors. But we do produce a bunch of scumbag lawyer lobbyists like Elizabeth Warren," Ayyadurai says in the video before it cuts to Solovay shouting at him from across the street.
Ayyadurai recurrently calls Solovay a racist, when the two come face to face, through the megaphone before the 74-year-old pushes it into his face, the video shows.
On Monday, in Southern Berkshire District Court, Solovay, who was charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, pleaded not guilty. He was unconfined on personal recognizance.
By Sowmya Sangam
