Man Who Hit Kevin Johnson With Pie Says Mayor Hasn't Done Enough For Homeless
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento man who hit Mayor Kevin Johnson with a pie says he was disillusioned with how the mayor handled the city's homelessness problem.
Sean Thompson spoke to reporters from the Sacramento County Jail, saying he hit the mayor with a coconut cream pie and told the mayor "You need to better represent your people."
PieThrower talks about how he met KJ when he was trying to change homelessness in Oak Park. Calls him a humanitarian. But now now..
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Perp says "all KJ cares about is the arena" Needs to "put energy into homelessness"
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"I felt pressure to do something" says #PieThrower
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4 years and 9 arrests and "feel like I never accomplished anything.. So I decided to escalate it this time" #PieThrower
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COCONUT CREAM PIE!!! #PieThrower
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The only words he said to KJ "You need to better represent your people."
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Would you do it again? "Absolutely"
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Says this was every bit of fun and games like a pie throwing at a carnival #PieThrower
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Says he picked Coconut Cream Pie in case he backed out, like that pie #PieThrower #MayorBrawl
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