Dawning a traditional l muslim a test of the rights to practice the democratic process. His getting kicked out means the test failed. I think that this sends a message in some way, that if you are going to participate in a democratic process, be small. Be inconspicuous, dontttand up. Sit down. If youre told to leave, dont ask why. Reporter the difference for him, he easy is he didnt ask small. He stood up, he sat down, he walked around the arena. According to the Anderson County Sheriffs Office, this caught the Trump Campaigns addition. What did i do different than anyone else . [ inaudible ]. No longer welcome. Reporter we reached out to the Trump Campaign thursday t. Sheriffs office says they did escort him out on behalf of the campaign, not based on his appearance, but because he was, quote, continually blocking the view of other people. I wondered and i still wonder what i did that was different from what anyone else has done. Reporter while he didnt the video, he believes it speak
Joins us live from Spartanburg County tonight, laura, the big question, whats taking so long . Reporter yeah, turns out the weather itself is slowing down that process. Its still pretty windy out here and duke energy tells us when those winds get too strong, the crews arent able to get in the bucket trucks and make repairs like they have been doing. Take a look, we were out here, crews were here earlier today, repairing the lines here as this tree came down and caused damage and its been a similar sight all across the upstate. The same windy weather that caused outages across the upstate, also slowed down some crews, working hard. To trim trees, and get the power back on. You dont know how you miss power until its gone. Reporter linda had to bundle up in her home to keep warm. Keep the doors closed. Reporter the electricity went out in spartanbg wedney aftn. We have a backup generator so weve been using the backup generator at nighttime. Reporter the weather was going to make things wo
Quite frankly, theres not enough open beds in the state. Reporter so now upstate warriors solution has stepped in, hoping to get this veteran the help he deserves for the service he gave. This is a problem a lot of us talk about, if you know a veteran in crisis, we have a link to the hotline number for you and also the upstate warrior solution on wspa. Com under links we mentioned. Great story, thank you. The family of a robbery victim, who shot Greenville County Deputy Dave Dempsey is suing the sheriff in decembee, charles rosemond, sr. , was shot dead by deputies at his own house. Deputies were responding to a robbery call at the home, when the officer got there, they forced their way in, rosemond opened fire and wounded Deputy Dempsey in the head. Family members say it was because rosemond feared the robbers were back. The wrongful death lawsuit filed today says the deputies broke into the house without a search warrant and deputies were untrained. Dempsey is recoveringful well so n
Cpe who doesnt have a roof on any of their three businesses here. Crews are still out here, we have firefighters directing traffic. And theres also a live wire hanging down here on main street. So with this rain, this is really not what we were looking for. Well continue to track this weather, but for now, live in spartanburg, rachelle spence, 7 news. Seeing the rain drop, thank you. And right now, we get reports of even more damage. This is video from south port road in sprtanburg, 6 poles ere brought down and theyre blocking both lanes of traffic. As you can see, it is dreary outside. The wind flet is still out there threat is still out there. Chief meteorologist Christy Henderson is tracking it for you. Tom, it will stay windy through the course of the evening hours, some of the peak wind gusts shortly after noon were 50 Miles Per Hour. Its very unusual to have a high wind warning in up the state, to 7 00 tonight. After that point, well keep a will take over until midnight. So there
Back to her family, the same thing that these Business Owners said. He had to deal with the they had to deal with the roof being ripped off and a gas leak. Theres this wire hanging down on main street, this is still a live wire. Hours later, theyre still waiting for Duke Energy Crews to get out here, but that woman you saw with the smashed in windshield r these Business Owners sa all say it could have say it all could have been worse. Live in spartanburg, Rachelle Spence, 7 news. Rachelle, have you gotten a pulse on where the damage is the worst in the area . Reporter definitely in downtown spartanburg, weve got this damage on a building here, and just up the street, about two minutes, we had a tree come down on a home and well show you video of that coming up at 5 30. Absolutely devastating, the home is smashed in. Pretty bad as well as boiling springs, diane. Still pretty windy out. It is still windy here this afternoon, but check this out, the ferris wheel at the woodman park in ful