Stabbing Assault Republican Congressional Candidate Rudy Peters

Stabbing Assault Republican Congressional Candidate Rudy Peters --- ===

September 9, 2018 Stabbing Assault Republican Congressional Candidate Rudy Peters Farzad Fazeli 35, of Castro Valley, California walked by GOP candidate Rudy Peters campaign at the Castro Valley Fall Festival on a Sunday afternoon and began to scream profanities about Trump (13) He approached the victim,  and gave him the middle finger and was “standing right in front of the  booth.” as he was sitting with Republican state Assembly candidate Joseph Grcar. Both were "shocked by the outburst, but thought Fazeli was walking away." (11) Then he turned around yelling 'I'll show you'. He ran at the booth, grabbed a coffee cup from the table and threw it at Peters. Peters, a Navy veteran threw the attacker to the ground. grabbed a sign from a nearby cupcake booth and prepared to use it as a shield until someone urged the attacker to calm down. (14)  Police say that Fazeli got up and pulled out a switchblade knife but it failed to open when he tried to stab Peters, and then got into a physical struggle.(4)  (2)  Fazeli fled and was arrested at a nearby bank nearby on suspicion of assault (9) Police found a switchblade  knife on his person (7). Fazeli was numerous charges, including felony assault, brandishing a weapon, and possession of a switchblade. (2)  The suspect apparently has an Iranian surname. (3) On Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018 Alameda County Sheriff's Department confirmed the attempted stabbing and charged Fazeli with a felony count of making criminal threats and misdemeanor counts of  a felony count of making criminal threats and misdemeanor counts of exhibiting a deadly weapon and possessing a switchblade.(14)(6)   Fazeli is licensed to work as a security guard in California. On his Facebook page, Fazeli says he works as a security guard at Costco. (11)

Townhall.com noted that there was little coverage network news. Fazeli has posted anti-Trump statements Facebook since 2017. He wrote“Hurricane Irma… Payback for voting Donald Trump.”, he blamed Trump for the Parkland high school shooting. He called to  Impeach/incarcerate him before more children die. P.S. complacency is worse than being the shooter.” On March 24, he wrote, “At the Oakland March 4 Our Lives. Yee.” and “Stop the violence directed toward children (11)

*Footnotes

• (1) Nothing To See Here: Networks Silent On Attempted Stabbing of GOP Candidate By Anti-Trump Attacker Sep 12, 2018 - Peters survived the attack, using a campaign sign to thwart is assaulter. ... Republican Congressional candidate Rudy Peters, who's running ... https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/09/12/nothing-to-see-here-networks-silent-on-attempted-stabbing-of-gop-candidate-by-an-n2518278
• (2) California GOP House candidate used campaign sign to protect himself from knife attacker, investigator says https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/09/12/nothing-to-see-here-networks-silent-on-attempted-stabbing-of-gop-candidate-by-an-n2518278 Sep 11, 2018 - A Republican U.S. House candidate in Northern California was attacked  no one was seriously injured when Farzad Fazeli allegedly attacked Rudy Peters at the Castro Valley Fall Festival on Sunday afternoon. ... Fazeli pulled out a switchblade knife and tried to stab Peters, but the ..(2) 
• (3) Fazeli - Wikipedia Iranian name Fazeli, Iran, a village in Fars Province; Reza Fazeli, Iranian actor; Reza Fazeli (agent), Iranian football agent; Hossein Martin Fazeli, Iranian ...
• (4) Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congressional Candidate https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/.../man-assaults-republican-congressional-candidate-s... Sep 11, 2018 - A man was arrested after allegedly attempting to stab a Republican congressionalcandidate with a switchblade over the weekend at ...
• (5) Man Arrested For Allegedly Trying To Stab GOP Candidate  https://thefederalist.com/.../man-arrested-allegedly-trying-stab-gop-candidate-screamin... Sep 12, 2018 - Man Arrested For Allegedly Trying To Stab GOP Candidate While Screaming ... Peters grabbed a sign from a nearby cupcake stand to use as a ...
• (6) Man attempts to stab Republican running against Eric Swalwell Washington Examiner  On Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018 Alameda County Sheriff's Department confirmed the attempted stabbing in Castro Valley (6) 
• (7) CA man tried attacking GOP House candidate with knife, cops say ...  Sacramento Bee https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article218224930.html Sep 11, 2018 
• Suspect Farzad Fazeli Screams Profanities About Trump and Attempts ...https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/.../suspect-farzad-fazeli-tries-stabbing-republican-... Sep 11, 2018 - Thank God the switchblade malfunctioned preventing Farzad Fazeli ... Farzad Fazeli, 35, approached Rudy Peters at his campaign booth at the ...
• (8)Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congress... AARP community board https://community.aarp.org/t5/Politics-Current-Events/Man...Switchblade.../3Sep 12, 2018 - That name would possibly put his ethnic origin as Persian or Saudi Arabian and his religious affiliation as Muslim. Another Farzad Fazeli is a family medicine Doctor. Rhetoric commonly used by sectors of Republican Politicians toward those of that origin and religion have built up a stereotype
• (9) Man suspected of pulling switchblade on California candidate Bakersfield Californian Sep 11, 2018 
• (10) Man Accused Of Switchblade Assault On GOP Congressional ... San Francisco CBS Sep 11, 2018  Fazeli, who lists his occupation as cashier, was booked into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of felony assault, criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and possession of a switchblade knife.  “He would have stabbed me,” Peters said. “I mean, he had it out saying, ‘I’m going to kill you MFer! I’m going to kill you!’ I could see his thumb trying to get the knife out.” He said the encounters started with verbal threats. “He picks up a coffee cup to rear back and throw it at us. And I jumped around the table. He throws the coffee cup and misses us. It hits the ground and breaks,” remembered Peters. “So I come out and grab him and wrestle him and throw him down to the ground.” He said that was when Fazeli pulled out a knife. screaming, ‘I’ll kill you MFer! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!’ And he’s kind of circling me trying to get the knife out,” said Peters Fazeli’s mother and attorney say he is the victim.  Fazeli’s bail was set at $55,000. (10) 
• (11) Farzad Fazeli: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com  https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/farzad-fazeli/ Sep 12, 2018 - Farzad Fazeli is accused of attacking politician Rudy Peters, ...His Sister Says Peters ‘Started the Violence’ When He Attacked Fazeli First, Throwing Him to the Ground & Causing Him to Bleed sister, Natasha Fazeli, posted on Facebook that it was Rudy Peters who attacked her brother first, arguing that Fazeli was defending himself. ... Fazeli's mother, Dolly Adams, who was at the fair, told KPIX-TV that ...  Fazeli Was Screaming ‘F*ck Trump’ Before Attacking  “The next thing you know, he stops and turns around and says, ‘I’ll show you,’ and runs at the booth,” Peters told the newspaper.  Fazeli then grabbed a coffee cup and threw it at him, which prompted Peters to come to the other side of the table and “grab” Fazeli. Peters told the newspaper he threw Fazeli to the ground, but Fazeli got back to his feet, reached into his pocket and took out a switchblade.  “He would have stabbed me,” Peters told KPIX-TV. “I mean, he had it out saying, ‘I’m going to kill you MFer! I’m going to kill you!’ I could see his thumb trying to get the knife out.” Peters continued, “He’s screaming, ‘I’ll kill you MFer! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!’ And he’s kind of circling me trying to get the knife out.” Peters, a Navy veteran  Peters is trying to spin this as a political attack against him when he was the one who started the violence,” Natasha Fazeli wrote on Facebook. “Peters is encouraging his supporters to bully our family as a way to bring attention to his political career. If there were any eyewitnesses who saw Peters throw my brother to the ground please come forward. Fazeli’s mother, Dolly Adams, who was at the fair, told KPIX-TV that her son was the victim. Adams was at a nearby Democratic booth during the incident, the news station reports. “Mr. Peters got physical first,” Adams told the news station. She said her son, “said that Mr. Peters has taken him by his shoulders and shoved him to the ground. And there was blood on him and blood on his booth.”Frederick Remer, Fazeli’s attorney, told the news station, “My client at this point was afraid for his life and afraid for his health and safety. And I believe that it is alleged that he pulls out a folded knife. The knife was never opened.”  Peters told Buzzfeed News, “I didn’t hit or punch him, I just leg-swooped him.  
•   He also previously worked as an assistant manager at a Shell gas station and at the Ampm convenience store. Fazeli graduated from Castro Valley High School in 2000 and is a Castro Valley native.
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• Fazeli has previous convictions for burglary and battery, Alameda County court records show. He was charged with felony burglary in 2000, but the charge was dropped to a misdemeanor as part of a plea deal. He was sentenced in 2001 to 40 days in county jail. In 2004, Fazeli was again convicted of misdemeanor burglary. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years of probation, which ended in 2007. Details of those cases were not immediately available. Fazeli was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor battery in 2014, court records show. Further details about the 2014 case were also not immediately available. Later that year, Fazeli pleaded no contest to battery and not guilty to sexual battery. The sexual battery was dropped as part of the plea agreement. He was sentenced to 15 days of weekend jail and three years of probation, which ended in 2017.
• (12)F**k Trump!' Farzad Fazeli Attempts to Stab GOP House Candidate ... Infowars Sep 12, 2018 - In another post, he wrote “Hurricane Irma … Payback for voting Donald Trump.” Here's the kicker: Fazeli is licensed to work as a security guard ...
• (13) WV native running as GOP candidate in Calif. allegedly fends off man ...www.herald-dispatch.com/.../article_4dbb02a7-948b-54f8-bb03-a2b35e66f256.html Sep 15, 2018 
• (14) police: Man cursed Trump, tried to pull knife on candidate | Region ...
www.starbeacon.com/.../article_7b3c0d20-fd44-5ce5-805c-aa0e592de277.html  Sep 12, 2018 - Alameda County prosecutors on Tuesday 

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• Buzzfeed A Man Allegedly Yelling "Fuck Trump" Tried To Stab A Republican ... Sep 11, 2018 - Fazeli's sister Natasha Fazeli said on Facebook that "my brother was attacked" and thrown to the ground by Peters. The incident left Fazeli ...
• Farzad Fazeli: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/farzad-fazeli/ Sep 12, 2018 - Farzad Fazeli is accused of attacking politician Rudy Peters, ... criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and possession of a switchblade knife. 

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*Sources

Police: Knife-Wielding Man Farzad Fazeli Attacked Republican ...
https://www.breitbart.com/.../police-knife-wielding-man-farzad-fazeli-attacked-republi...
Sep 11, 2018 - Farzad Fazeli allegedly attacked a Republican congressional candidate ... The knife failed to open and, after a struggle with the candidate, Fazeli fled,



California man allegedly tried to stab GOP congressional candidate ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/.../california-man-allegedly-tried-to-stab-gop-congressional...
Sep 12, 2018 - A California man was arrested Sunday after allegedly attempting to stab a Republicancongressional candidate with a switchblade, according ...

Man allegedly tried to stab GOP candidate Rudy Peters after ranting ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../ill-show-you-man-allegedly-tried-stab-gop-candidat...Sep 12, 2018 - 'I'll show you': Man allegedly tried to stab GOP candidate after ranting ... kill him, so he grabbed a sign from a cupcake booth to defend himself.

Castro Valley man allegedly cursed Trump, tried to stab GOP - SFGate
https://www.sfgate.com/.../Castro-Valley-festival-stab-attempted-rudy-peters-1322144...
Sep 11, 2018 - ... was arrested on suspicion of attempting to stab a GOP candidate Sunday .... Peters said he grabbed a sign from a nearby cupcake booth and ...

California Man Tried To Stab GOP Candidate With A Switchblade ...
https://1360sports.iheart.com/.../2018-09-12-california-man-tried-to-stab-gop-candida...
Sep 12, 2018 - A California man has been arrested after he attempted to stab a Republican candidatefor Congress at the Castro Valley Fall Festival in ...