Police Called To Incident Involving Mascot

The confrontation we’ve been waiting since he made his debut on the mayoral scene earlier this month has finally taken place: Somebody from Tom Knox’s camp vs. Tommy the Loan Shark himself.

The confrontation took place yesterday, outside a NAACP mayoral forum. The shark’s partner (of course the shark has a partner), Jim Nixon, told the Daily News about his confrontation with Knox volunteer Michael Youngblood.

“He comes to me and says things like, ‘You’re in my neighborhood now, motherfucker I’ve messed up people tougher than you. I’ll crack your skull. I’ll shove that megaphone up your ass,’ ” Nixon said.

But Youngblood, who served time in prison for drug dealing and fraud last century, said the exchange went differently; it was Nixon, he said, who came after him. The police were called, because campaign volunteer-on-mascot violence clearly needs to be dealt with by a trained tactical squad. (The cops should stick to prosecuting mascots like Grump.)

Other witnesses said they saw Youngblood yelling at Nixon and moving toward him “in a very menacing, threatening manner,” but no charges were filed against anyone. Well, actually, the humor police filed charges against Tom Knox:

“Even though I have to leave early, I hope when it’s over you’ll all enjoy a nice fish fry,” Knox said. “There’s one outside.” Before leaving, Knox said, “And I hope you have that fish fry when you leave.”

A lesson to all: This is what you sound like when you try to make jokes without watching Gilligan’s Island or reading for pleasure.

‘Shark’ pal, Knox aide square off [Daily News]
Feb. 20: Tom Knox Unaware Of Significance Of A Three Hour Tour, A Three Hour Tour
April 4: Copyright-Infringing Mascot Arrested In Sex Sting
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