Boulder city councilwoman Tara Winer and two other people were attacked by a 26-year-old man yelling racial slurs on University Hill on Friday night, according to witnesses and the Boulder Police Department.
A man was yelling racial slurs and disrupting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings when Winer confronted him and he punched her in the face and knocked her to the ground, she told the Daily Camera.
Boulder Chamber and city officials gathered outside the restaurant at 1125 13th. St., when a man walking past the ceremony started yelling at people and wielding a knife, said Chamber President John Tayer.
The man appeared to leave the area but later returned, Tayer said.
Winer was “OK” other than a headache and pain in her ribs following the assault, the Daily Camera reported. Boulder police confirmed no one was seriously injured in the encounter.
The man was arrested on suspicion of felony menacing and third-degree assault.
“I very much appreciate councilmember Tara Winer standing up to hateful speech and also thankful for the heroic response by our Boulder Chamber Ambassador Matt Jensen in confronting and making sure this didn’t escalate into something more tragic,” Tayer said.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
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