Posted August 15, 2015 11:00 am by Comments

By Robert Farago

Talladega Mayor Larry Barton (courtesy myfoxal.com)

“Larry Barton [above], who is about to run for his fifth term as mayor of Talladega (Alabama) told NBC News from his hospital room at the University of Alabama that the attack began around 7:30 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Cahaba Heights Plaza Barber Shop in Vestavia Hills. ‘Before I could do anything, he jerked the door open and he started hitting me,’ said Barton, 75. The man was wearing a trench coat and a hood, and Barton said he repeatedly hit him in his face, legs and knees.” I thought about filing this one under It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use. A 75-year-old man beaten with a baseball bat? That ain’t right. Then again . . .

Barton said that he eventually grabbed the bat and held on to it, then kicked the man twice in the groin.

“Finally, I got the hood off of him,” Barton said. “That’s when I recognized who he was.”

Barton identified his assailant as Benny Green, who he said he’s known for more than a decade and who was a co-host on Barton’s current events show, “In the Interest of the People,” until a few years ago . . …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns

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