Manuel Gonzales, candidate for mayor of Albuquerque, was answering a woman’s question when the offensive drone dropped into the outdoor event and distracted attendees, as seen in video posted to Facebook.
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Despite the bizarre attack, Gonzales resumed answering questions. It was only after the dildo attached to the drone was yanked off by the owner of the event center did the sheriff try to salvage what was left.
The protester, 20-year-old Kaelan Ashby Dreyer, was tackled to the ground and quickly arrested, the report shows.
The report said Dreyer had turned his attention to Gonzales, swinging his fist and calling him a tyrant. A deputy wrote that Dreyer punched Gonzales’s hands and was then removed from the event.
Beside the violent nature of the protest, it distracted Gonzales’ presentation.
New Mexico police arrested and charged a man over a confrontation involving a drone equipped with a sex toy at a campaign event, multiple outlets reported on Thursday.
According to video posted to Facebook as well as the Bernalillo County Sheriff Office’s report, Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales III was speaking at his mayoral campaign event when a drone with a sex toy attached began hovering over him.
The owner of the drone, Kaelan Ashby Dreyer, 20, tried to grab the device but turned his attention to Gonzales, at which point he took a swing at the sheriff and started to yell statements at him, including “he’s a tyrant.”