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Man Charged in Slashing of ‘Baby Trump’ Balloon, Police Say

Stephanie Taylor/The Tuscaloosa News, via Associated Press

The authorities arrested a man they said had slashed a giant balloon of a baby Donald Trump that was on display to protest the president’s visit to a football game in Alabama on Saturday.

The man, Hoyt Hutchinson, 32, was arrested after officers in Tuscaloosa, Ala., saw him cut the balloon and then try to flee at about 1 p.m. on Saturday, the police said on Facebook. It wasn’t clear what Mr. Hutchinson had used to slash the balloon.

“I am going down here to make a scene, so y’all watch the news,” Mr.