A man is alleged to have slammed a boy’s head to the ground at a county fair because the 13-year-old kept his hat on during the US national anthem.

Mineral County sheriff Mike Boone said witnesses identified the suspect as 39-year-old Curt James Brockway, who was apprehended at the fairgrounds and charged with assault on a minor.

The sheriff’s office declined to provide additional information on the alleged assault. But Taylor Henneck, who attended the event, told local news outlets she overheard the attack just as the national anthem began to play.

The woman said she heard a “pop” and turned to see the boy writhing on the ground.

“He was bleeding out of his ears, seizing on the ground, just not coherent,” she told The Missoulian.

As startled spectators closed on Mr Brockway, Ms Hennick said he offered a simple defence for his actions.

“He said [the boy] was disrespecting the national anthem so he had every right to do that,” she added.

Police said the child was rushed to a hospital on Saturday then flown to Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Washington.

The boy suffered temporal skull fractures in the incident, his mother told the KPAX new channel, adding that her son ears bled for six hours after the alleged assault.

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Poster Comment:

Even better, "Attorney cites Trump 'rhetoric' in national anthem attack"

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/7/curt-brockway-attorney-cites- trump-rhetoric-nation/

"Trump caused that" -- 2019's new "progressive" jeer. Or maybe the perp's a proud veteran of the War Of Terror and suffering just a tad of mental damage from it?