Mr Trump, who is the
Republican front runner for November's White House election, was interrupted by
protesters 17 times as he gave a speech at the venue.
"Go home to mommy and
have her tuck you into bed," the candidate told one protester as he was
led out of the arena.
It was not the first fracas
at a Trump rally.
A man has been arrested
after video emerged of a demonstrator being punched at a Donald Trump rally in
North Carolina.
John Franklin McGraw is
charged with assault and disorderly conduct, Cumberland County Sheriff's office
said.
The 78-year-old, of Linden,
North Carolina, who is expected in court in April, was later quizzed by a reporter
as he left the rally.
Asked if he liked the
event, he said: "You bet I liked it."
John Franklin McGraw is due
in court in April
He was then asked what he
liked about it and replied: "Knocking the hell out of that big mouth.
"We don't know who he
is, but we know he is not acting like an American."
Rakeem Jones said he was
being escorted out of the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville by several deputies on
Wednesday night when he was attacked.
He said he recalled
thinking: "Wow. The police watched me get hit."
Cumberland County Sheriff
Earl "Moose" Butler said in a statement afterwards: "No one
should be subjected to such a cowardly, unprovoked act as that committed by
McGraw."
Mr Jones told the
Washington Post he had gone to the rally with fellow demonstrators including a
white woman, a Muslim, and a gay man.
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