Harrison In McAlester Altercation

A Weatherford man has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after a scuffle with a state lawmaker, the Associated Press reports.

According to a statement he filed with the Pittsburg County Sheriff's Department, State Rep. Terry Harrison claims he stopped at Dallas Green's trailer and offered assistance while touring the McAlester area with Gov. Brad Henry to examine damage from an ice storm.

Harrison, D-McAlester, claimed Green almost immediately cussed him and attacked him after he, his father and Reserve Deputy Ricky Wall approached the trailer.

Green, 54, claims he asked Harrison to get down off the trailer but "he just kind of ignored me and acted aloof, then started to walk past me."

"You've got to understand, this is a small space, with equipment on both sides, so I put up my hand to stop him and he slapped my hand down," Green said. "I was just bewildered. Who was this guy, what was he doing and what was wrong with him?"

Green said he lifted his arm again and Harrison threw him from the trailer, but he grabbed Harrison as he fell. According to Green, he landed on his hands and knees and Harrison was above him, hitting him in the back of the head.

"The two gentlemen who were with him pulled him off and I grabbed a broom to defend myself," Green said. "I didn't know who the guy was, what was wrong with him or why he'd been on my trailer or anything."

After being charged, Green was released on $500 bond.

"I felt like the deputy had already made up his mind on who was wrong before he ever took witness statements," Green said.

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