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Antifa protester, 32, who attacked a 56-year-old Trump supporter outside an alt-right event in Manhattan last year is jailed for 18 months
ZitatDavid Campbell, 32, received the sentence during a hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court Wednesday, two weeks after pleading guilty in the assault
Campbell viciously attacked a 56-year-old man outside the Night for Freedom party organized by right-wing activist Mike Cernovich on January 20 last year
Witnesses at the time said the man appeared to strike his head on the curb on his way down and suffered a heart attack
The man, whose identity was never released, was taken in an ambulance to Bellevue Hospital where doctors said he was in a stable condition
Campbell was arrested at the scene and charged with assault for strangulation, possession of a weapon, assault of a police officer, resisting arrest and loitering