A man stormed the stage and took over the podium during the Kansas City Mayor’s City of the City address. He was quickly taken down.
Here it is as it happened live as a news station was covering it:
Here’s a little background:
KCTV5 – A man charged Kansas City Mayor Sly James during his State of the City address and verbally assaulted him.
Former MO House candidate disrupts Sly James’ speech
Kansas City police Officer Marlon Buie, who is one of James’ two protection officers, grabbed the man and shoved him off the stage at the Gem Theatre.
James, a former Marine, continued with his speech and drew applause. You could hear the suspect still yelling behind the stage at times during the speech.
James said the incident surprised him and he made sure to check the man’s hands to make sure he wasn’t armed.
The man, Derron Black, 31, who unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri House last year, was taken into custody. Some of those who recognized Black said he’s had previous outbursts at political events and was escorted out of at least one political meeting by security.
Here’s another angle of it happening live, with the profanity censored:
I gotta say, that was a marvelous takedown and the Mayor didn’t even flinch. And that just might be the longest profanity-censored beep I’ve ever heard.
Here is ABC New’s report on it that includes a little extra footage: