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Johnson faces pie-throwing suspect during Sacramento council meeting Nearly a week after Sacramento police arrested homeless advocate Sean Thompson for assaulting Mayor Kevin Johnson with a pie to the face, the two came face-to-face once again. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT T MILLER IS THERE WITH THE TENSE FACE-OFF. TOM: THE MAY ACTUALLY HAS A PROTECTIVE ORDER AGAINST THOMPS. IF THOMPSON GETS TOO CLOSE, HE CAN BE ARRESTED AGAIN. THOMPSON TOOK THE PODIUM AND SAID HE DOES N WANT TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MAYOR ANYMORE OTHER THAN HE REALLY WANTS TO GRAB HIS ATTENTION AREA IT'S AN AWKWARD ENCOUNTER TO SAY THE LEAST AND THE MAYOR AND HIS ATTACKER IN THE SAME ROOM, JUST FEET AWAY. IN THEIR FIRST FACE-TO-FACE MEETING SINCE THE INFAMOUS BY THE FACE INCIDENT, THOMPSON WANTED TO TALK ABOUT RESOURCES FOR THE HOMELESS AND THE GOLDEN ONE CENTER, CALLING IT A JOKE. >> THE ARENA HAS BEEN YOUR CIRCUS. IT'S BEEN A JOKE. YOU'VE BEEN THE RINGLEADER. YOU'VE BEEN THE LEAD CLOWN AND THAT IS WHY I THREW A QUIET YOU. TOM: THIS IS THE ONLY WAY SEAN THOMPSON CAN LEGALLY SPEAK TO THE MAYOR. THEN THEY ARE ONLY SPEAKING WHEN THOMPSON WENT OVER HIS ALLOTTED TIME. IN AN EFFORT TO GET UNDER HIS SKIN, SUPPORTERS JOINED THOMPSON WEARING SHIRTS READING COCONUT CREAM PIE, THE PEOPLE'S FIVE. >> HE DESERVED IT. MAYBE NOW HE SHOULD THINK ABOUT MAYBE WORKING WITH US INSTEAD OF WORKING AGAINST US. TOM: ON SUNDAY, HE DESCRIBED IT DURING A FUNDRAISER LAST WEEK. >> WHEN SUMMARY SLUDGY WITH SOMETHING FROM BEHIND, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS A PIE. I THOUGHT IT WAS A FIST. TOM: NOW FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING A FUNNY, THOMPSON IS ASKING FOR THEM TO BE DROPPED. HE SAYS THE STUNT WAS ABOUT GETTING THE MAYOR'S ATTENTION AND NOW HE'S GOT IT. >> SO I CAN START SPEAKING TO HIM WITH HIS ATTENTION ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. TOM: BEFORE THIS MEETING, POLICE OFFICER WENT INTO CITY HALL AND MEASURED, MAKING SURE THE PODIUM IS AT LEAST 20 FEET BACK FROM WHERE MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON'S. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EXCEPTION HERE AT CITY HALL.