When President Donald Trump demanded Monday that governors get tougher in cracking down on violence among some demonstrations, he cited Dallas protesters badly beating a man this weekend.
But the president’s comments left out what police suggest sparked the incident to which he seemed to be referring — the man swinging a machete at protesters.
Dallas police said that man was alive Sunday and in stable condition at a hospital but that they don’t provide updates on victims’ health unless they die.
Witnesses told investigators the attack began when the man “came to the protest wielding a large knife/machete at several protesters,” according to police Sgt. Warren Mitchell.
Neither the man who was carrying the machete nor the protester who was cut on the hand has filed a complaint, Mitchell said Monday.
