NEW YORK — Ex-president Donald Trump testified under oath that he feared protesters would pelt him with"very dangerous" fruit like pineapples, tomatoes, and bananas saying:"You can get killed with those things."
"I wanted to have people be ready because we were put on alert that they were going to do fruit," Mr Trump said under questioning by attorney Benjamin Dictor.Mr Dictor asked Mr Trump about comments he made at a rally in Iowa in 2016 when the then-presidential candidate told supporters to"knock the crap" out of anyone about to throw a tomato.
"Yeah, I think that they have to be aggressive in stopping that from happening. Because if that happens, you can be killed if that happens," Mr Trump answered. The activists alleged that on Sept 3, 2015, Mr Trump's bodyguards violently broke up their protest against derogatory comments Mr Trump had made about Mexico and Mexicans at the start of his ultimately successful run for president.The plaintiffs allege that the guards ripped away their signs and punched and choked one of the demonstrators.
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