Obama supporter arrested for pointing gun at protestors calling for impeachment

by Austin Petersen

GWINNETT, GA – 84-year-old Roy Smith was arrested and charged with pointing a firearm at two female “Overpasses for Obama’s Impeachment” protesters. Smith also received three counts of misdemeanor simple assault when he drove up to Toni Pendley and Marge Moore and pointed his handgun at them.

Witnesses reported him as a black, balding man with glasses who drove a Mercury Grand Marquis. When he arrived he pulled his gun out and just stared at them like he wanted them to leave. Then he threw some sort of chemical that burned Moore’s feet.

SmithSmith initially escaped but his vehicle was tracked by his license plate. Officers found him at home with the handgun in the car that matched the witnesses description. Smith stated that “everyone was lying on him in an attempt to get him into trouble.”

“Not your typical suspect,” Gwinnett Police Cpl. Ed Ritter said. “Doesn’t matter what his age was, he still threatened somebody with that gun and he is being held accountable for it.”

Smith is currently free on $1,000 bond.

The Overpasses for Impeaching Obama has a Facebook page here. 

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.