Kentucky man who assaulted protester outside Trump rally sentenced to 4 months in jail

CINCINNATI — Dallas Frazier apologized in court Friday to the man he punched, but the judge didn't believe he regretted what he did.

Frazier was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay more than $900 in restitution.

The 30-year-old from Georgetown, Kentucky, repeatedly punched Michael Alter, who was protesting a rally for President Donald Trump on Aug. 1 outside the former U.S. Bank Arena.

Alter, 61, suffered an eye injury that required surgery, prosecutors said. His vision was negatively affected for four months, the same amount of time Frazier will now spend in jail.

In calls to relatives from the Hamilton County Justice Center, Frazier bragged about the assault and said he didn't regret it.

"He'll have to go to the hospital every time he sneezes to get his eye put back in," Frazier said.

Frazier's lawyers pleaded to Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Brad Greenberg for a light sentence, arguing that Frazier has already been punished.

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His lawyer said Frazier lost his job as a field inspector for a roofing company making $100,000 a year, and will lose his five-bedroom house in Georgetown.

His wife has had to start working again after 10 years as a stay-at-home mother, he said.

She and their five children have moved into a single-wide trailer in Alabama, where Frazier is now doing roofing for "not much" above minimum wage, his lawyer said.

In court Friday, Frazier said: "I would just like to apologize. Not only did I act stupidly, but also spoke very ignorantly on the phone. I was raised to be a better person than that. I just apologize to the court and Mr. Alter as well for everything that happened."

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Judge Greenberg said he believes Frazier and his brother were at the rally looking for a confrontation and said the calls from jail showed "no remorse."

"The court realizes that we have sharp political divisions in our country," Greenberg said. "I don't care if you're pro- or anti-Trump, a Democrat or a Republican, there's no room for violence."