First Published: 1:38 PM PDT, June 3, 2021
Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales, who is running for mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, called the bizarre distraction a coordinated effort, very intentional, and these people were trained.
A mayoral campaign event in Albuquerque was interrupted when a sex toy attached to a flying drone flew toward candidate Manuel Gonzales, a New Mexico sheriff, while he was on-stage making his speech.
In a bizarre turn of events, Bernalillo County Sheriff Gonzales was later punched in the ensuing scuffle to catch the drone, a sheriff’s office report said.
“It was a coordinated effort, very intentional, and these people were trained” Gonzales claimed in a Wednesday press conference, calling the trouble makers “political operatives” that were “planted there.”
Albuquerque, New Mexico, mayoral candidate Manuel Gonzalez s campaign event on Tuesday was interrupted by a drone with a sex toy attached to it, followed by a scuffle with a protester.
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Employees at the Revel Entertainment Center and off-duty undersheriffs tackle Kaelan Dreyer after deputies say he swung a punch at Sheriff Manuel Gonzales during a mayoral campaign event.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Just before deputies say a 20-year-old man struck Sheriff Manuel Gonzales at a campaign event Tuesday night a drone carrying a large dildo hovered near the stage.
Video of the event posted on Facebook shows a woman who identifies herself as a social worker asking the sheriff, who is running for mayor, what he will do to make lives better for minorities if he’s elected. Then, as Gonzales started to answer her a drone bearing the sex toy buzzed toward the stage.