Man charged with pepper-spraying transgender woman at 'Stand Against Hate' rally

[n2doc]

ASBURY PARK — Police arrested a 22-year-old Scotch Plains man who allegedly pepper-sprayed a transgender woman at a sign-making party held on the boardwalk in advance of the Stand Againt Hate rally that was held on Monday in the city's Springwood Park.

Morris May, a self-described former Progressive who has shifted to the Right, was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose after an alleged altercation with a transgender woman on Sunday night. May was released on his own recognizance to await a court date scheduled for Oct. 17.

Reached by phone following his release, May said he went to Asbury Park with his brother, William, 20, after hearing about the sign-making party that LGBT activists were holding at a gallery on the boardwalk called Gift. His brother and May were carrying a "Trump 2020" sign and approached a group of LGBT activists who were outside the gallery, he said.

"My brother and I are both hard-core conservatives," said May, adding that he supports three things: "liberty, free speech and the Republican Party."

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[Initech]

1. I got news for you buddy...

If you assault a trans woman because of who they are, you don't support free speech. We got to stop that! The right does not own free speech!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. That's a pretty dramatic shift in politics

[snooper2]

5. The far left and the far right connect to complete the political circle

[bobalew]

8. no, They don't. Too simplified a conclusion...

You obvoiously have no clue what the left is about. Please STUDY your history, Or..
Is it time to post my spaghetti sauce recipe....? False equivalencies do Not work

[snooper2]

9. I guess you haven't seen Julian Assange's tweet lately or read JPR

Far left and far right are both authoritarian...

[LanternWaste]

12. One commonality does not create a sameness

As per mathematics, one commonality, in and of itself, does not create sets, regardless of how much we wish it to be true.

It requires a set of commonalities large enough to the relative sizes of each for commonality to be achieved, regardless of guesswork.

[lunasun]

6. Both groups have had issue with identity politics in the past .

[malchickiwick]

3. He wants to MAGA, but can't even install a simple A/C unit...

I'd never advocate violence, but that dude's face is almost Shkreli-level punchable.

[Initech]

11. That should be posted on "There I Fixed It".com.

[cwydro]

4. The background of that pic speaks volumes.

God what a moron.

[Coventina]

7. Wow. Talk about a poster child for "loser".

[n2doc]

10. kick n/t

[NurseJackie]

13. A "former Progressive", huh? I wonder if he's a poster at JPR.

a self-described former Progressive who has shifted to the Right,

That sounds so familiar.

[Oneironaut]

14. Typical disgusting alt-right cretin.

I can go and start a fight, but I'm the victim!

[Solly Mack]

15. He's not worth the effort of spitting upon.

To even acknowledge his existence with a glance is an insult to the trash strewn about his feet, for that garbage holds more value and certainly deserves my attention far more than that piece of scum does.

I can toss garbage. I can recycle trash.

That human detritus takes space better served by outhouses.