Fascists Go Home!': Tea Partier Injured in Assault by 'Teamster' at Sacramento Protest

The MoveOn.org "American Dream" rally in Sacramento produced one of the day's more volatile moments. A man wearing a Teamsters Local 439 jacket launched major body-check action on a Tea Party member.

KXTV-TV:

The opposing rallies were divided by 10th Street, west of the State Capitol. All was peaceful, until members supporting unions crossed the street.

An amateur videographer caught a shoving match on tape. The video showed a face to face argument right before Richard Andazola, 28, of Stockton, shoved a tea party activist.

"He bum rushed across the street, came right at us, swung his bullhorn at me, hit me in the hand and then put his hand around my throat and started choking me," Rodney Stanhope of Placerville said.

The video doesn't show the choking incident, but clearly shows the shoving. Because of it, Sacramento Police officers cited Andazola for battery.

Andazola tells a different story though.

"He was spitting on me, he's bigger than me, and I told him to get off of me," Andazola said. "I was backing up and he was staying on me 'til the point that he spit in my mouth."

Here is the moment in question:

And here is KXTV-TV's full report:

The KXTV-TV slideshow of the event can be viewed here.

The Sacramento Bee slideshow can be seen here.

The KOVR-TV slideshow can be seen here.