LANSING, MI -- Police here say a Lansing hot dog vendor has not pressed charges after

during Tuesday's demonstrations against right-to-work legislation at the Michigan Capitol.

Clinton Tarver has long operated a popular hot dog stand at the corner of Michigan and Capitol Avenues, across from the state Capitol, from March to November. He takes on catering work during his offseason.

Tarver was set up inside the Americans for Prosperity tent on the Capitol lawn on Tuesday when it came down among thousands of protesters. He lost $500 worth of catering equipment and was taunted racially, according to his wife.

Meanwhile, community members have rallied to support Tarver, raising more than $10,000 to replace his equipment and offset losses.

Michigan State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk, whose agency policed Tuesday's massive demonstrations at and about the Capitol, said no formal complaint has been filed.

"Nobody has come to the State Police to file a complaint, whether it's the hot dog guy or whether it's the people who own the tent," he said. "We need someone to be a complainant, otherwise there's nothing we can do.

"The State Police would gladly take a report, but no one's come forward."

Adamczyk added a Fox News contributor who was punched by a protester also has not filed charges.

The Lansing Police Department fielded more than 20 calls and emails on Wednesday regarding Tarver's incident, according to the agency's public information officer, Robert Merritt.

Inquiries have come from as far east as Maine and as far west as California, Merritt said. About half have been media seeking information, the other regular citizens.

Merritt said there is a misperception as to his department's role in Tuesday's policing efforts around Lansing.

"Some of the public thinks that we didn't do anything or enough (regarding Tarver)," he said. "But we, the LPD, were not primary jurisdiction of yesterday's event. What we were in charge of was traffic flow, traffic safety and civilian safety when they got into the roadways.

"What happened at the Capitol or at the Romney Building was 100 percent Michigan State Police. At no time did State Police ask for assistance, except for when people started to flow into the alley by the Romney Building, and we were quickly relieved there by more State Police."

Adamczyk said the circumstances involving Tarver and others at the Americans For Prosperity tent were difficult for State Police to handle.

"What you have to understand is we had a ground-level view of the crowd, and the crowd was 30 people deep," Adamczyk said. "Once the State Police helicopter spotted that there was some sort of a scuffle, we sent out two platoons, and by that time the parties had separated."

Adamczyk added no one reported any injuries and no one filed any charges in the incident. A total of three people were arrested during Tuesday's protests, which drew an estimated 10,000-plus.

"For the magnitude of that crowd and as emotionally charged as the topic is, the majority of the people were very respectful of the police," Adamczyk said. "There was just a handful there that gave this thing a bad name."

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